M. Moosa Khan, Author at INVERSE JOURNAL

M. Moosa Khan

M. Moosa Khan is pursuing a master’s in sociology at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. His area of interest includes sociology, political anthropology, religion and politics, philosophy, Indian political thought, urban studies and gender sensitization. In addition to such academic work, Moosa is also pursuing a second master’s in philosophy with explicit focus on continental philosophy.

Examining Gentrification: A New Internal Colonialism — An Academic Essay by M. Moosa Khan

March 27, 2022 | Academia

In this academic essay, M. Moosa Khan assesses a considerable amount of academic writing and research on gentrification to evaluate it as a type of “new internal colonialism.” In doing so, the young scholar expands the definitions and specifications of gentrification that are conventionally western-centric to bring about a view of gentrification that is closely tied to processes of colonization. The result of such academic inquiries provides a more dynamic understanding of gentrification that expands beyond western urban spaces and cityscapes, and well into the “Global South.”