Gentrification, Does it Work? - Video Worksheet

1. Before watching the video. Anticipate the nature of the following document entitled "Roundtable: Gentrification, Does it Work?". What do you expect to hear?

2. Watch Extract 1 [0:00 - 0:58] and check your assumption(s) from Activity 1 with a partner and say what you learned or heard that confirmed what you expected.

3. Watch Extract 2 [0:58 - 2:13]. 
a. First with sound off and discuss with a partner what you understood from the visual elements only (changes, people affected, people' s reactions, etc.).
b. Then watch with sound on and identify the effects of gentrification: 
Positive effects: ...
Negative effects: ...

4. Look at the list of participants in the roundtable and imagine what their viewpoints on gentrification might be, based on their jobs or activities. After completing the activity, discuss your ideas with a partner before sharing with the class. 
a. King Williams, filmmaker and resident of Atlanta in the US, where gentrification has changed the city centre.
b. Elena Besussi, professor at the Bartlett School of Planning, whose vision is a world where cities contribute to the well-being of both people and the planet.
c. Rob Pearson, head executive at Nexus Planning, a group of planning and regeneration consultants.
d. Javis Huxley, an activist who wants to save the Latin Village:.

5. Watch Extract 3 [5:21 - 6:55]. 
a. List the key words used by each participant below.
Rob Pearson:
Javie Huxley:
b. Sum up their viewpoints in your own words.

6. First on your own, then with a partner and finally with the whole class, draw conclusions about the point of the debate and establish a link with the other documents that you studied before.