Az ELTE Társadalomtudományi Kutatóközpont (MTA Kiváló Kutatóhely) 

Szociológiai Kutatóintézete 

tisztelettel meghívja 165. Jour Fixe eseményére

 

Community-based sustainability practices and social boundaries in a gentrifying urban district in Budapest

 

Előadók: Kőszeghy Lea (ELTE TK SZI); Kerényi Szabina (ELTE TK SZI)

Társszerzők: Csizmady Adrienne, Kristóf Luca, Megyesi Boldizsár (ELTE TK SZI)

Hozzászólók: Gébert Judit (ELTE TK SZI); Tomay Kyra (PTE BTK Szociológiai tanszék)

Időpont: 2025. december 4. csütörtök 13:00

Helyszín: Az eseményt hibrid formában tartjuk meg.

Személyesen: Kisebbségkutató Intézet 1097 Budapest Tóth Kálmán utca 4.;  T.1.40

Online: Zoom link: 

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89207317726?pwd=TZXyWaQkL0N59yilkIiQV34zHzeTLj.1

Meeting ID: 892 0731 7726
Passcode: 075747

Absztrakt

This paper examines how community-based sustainability practices intersect with social integration in a rapidly gentrifying district of Budapest, Hungary. Drawing on 26 semi-structured interviews conducted with elderly women and young mothers, the study explores how gendered care work, generational differences, and classed identities shape the meanings and enactments of sustainability in everyday life.

The findings reveal that both groups engage in sustainability practices, yet these are driven by distinct logics: pragmatic thrift among elderly residents and ethical care among middle-class mothers. The paper argues that sustainability in this gentrifying urban context is best understood as a relational and gendered process, embedded in gendered responsibilities, routine, and social relations, rather than interpreted purely in the environmentalist domain. The case highlights both the integrative and exclusionary potentials of community-based sustainability, contributing to broader debates on green gentrification, social inclusion, and urban sustainability transitions in Central and Eastern Europe.