Squatters
An ethnographic study of Smokey Mountain, a dump site community in Metro Manila, Philippines reveals a well-organized ecological niche that sustains people and community. But because the dump site is a public land, insecurity of home... more
An ethnographic study of Smokey Mountain, a dump site community in Metro Manila, Philippines reveals a well-organized ecological niche that sustains people and community. But because the dump site is a public land, insecurity of home tenure is a major concern as state authorities or private interests can force their relocation to places far from jobs and livelihood. For the time being, Smokey Mountain that over the years is the source of their salvation and the roots of their tragedy as well.
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An ethnographic study into the poverty of white people in post-apartheid South Africa. Two informal settlements are the focus of this research - Westfort, a mixed squatter settlment in an old Leprasorium and Sonskyn Hoekie, a care centre... more
An ethnographic study into the poverty of white people in post-apartheid South Africa. Two informal settlements are the focus of this research - Westfort, a mixed squatter settlment in an old Leprasorium and Sonskyn Hoekie, a care centre located on a private farm where only white people are currently living. This thesis provides a platform for 'poor whites' to tell their own stories and it also discusses their employment opportunities, cosmopolitan relationships and notions of belonging in South Africa, 20 years since the start of the new democracy. The development of informal settlments growing on privately owned plots of land is also examined in conjunction with the role of the state and non-governmental organisations in supporting 'poor whites' in these environments.
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Garland, C. (forthcoming, 2014) ‘As Barriers Fall, Contingency Becomes Possibility: Protest Resisting and Escaping Containment and Categorization’, Part II Identity, Embodiment and Categorisation in Eds. Lamond, I. and Spracklen, K.... more
Garland, C. (forthcoming, 2014) ‘As Barriers Fall, Contingency Becomes Possibility: Protest Resisting and Escaping Containment and Categorization’, Part II Identity, Embodiment and Categorisation in Eds. Lamond, I. and Spracklen, K. 'Protests as Events: Politics, Activism and Leisure (London: Rowman & Littlefield International) Hardback ISBN/9781783480760 Paperback ISBN/978-1-78348-077-7 eBook ISBN/978-1-78348-078-4
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This brief note considers whether human rights in Southeast Asia after the Second World War should be viewed as part of the ‘universal’, same as those in the West, or as unique to the region and its peoples, with their own bases, forms... more
This brief note considers whether human rights in Southeast Asia after the Second World War should be viewed as part of the ‘universal’, same as those in the West, or as unique to the region and its peoples, with their own bases, forms and histories. The social history of postwar squatters in Southeast Asia suggests how a narrative of interests-rights might be written. This history will be based on people’s worldviews and relationships with those in power. Human rights will jostle for a place with other interests, sometimes gaining the upper hand, at other times subordinate to them, but always entangled.
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THE BLOOM AND DEATH OF A NEIGHBOURHOOD What is poetry, the green, the blue, red-haired, the limping, from here to there, The baguette, bada bing, bada bam, the mojito and Simón’s street, the guitar that doesn’t stop and... more
THE BLOOM AND DEATH OF A NEIGHBOURHOOD
What is poetry,
the green, the blue,
red-haired, the limping,
from here to there,
The baguette,
bada bing, bada bam,
the mojito and Simón’s street,
the guitar that doesn’t stop
and my song.
Shush! The neighbour tells me to keep quiet
and he shut up
Careful ‘cause you’re gonna fall!
You have such a bad temper
not even your shadow puts up with you,
two minutes of silence and he’ll stir things up to the rhythm
of bada bing, bada bam, bada bing.
This can’t go on anymore!
And there goes Bernarda and calls the local police
Stop banging the drums!
Let me see your ID!
Turn around!
He’s turned out to be a cheeky one, come with us to the police station.
Fuck, fuck, fuck!
Goddamn,
They really wanna fuck me!
Two hours taking data
It’s me who pays the consequences,
the instalments, the binge, and the executor.
Who’s blessing you?
Back in the street
I’m going to eat.
The sea air blows
down wind street,
at one of its ends she cries
the loss of her love,
he turns around the corner
and disappears in the rain
believing himself free for some reason.
The roofs collapse in their houses
forbidden to the indigent,
abandoned
doors blocked off with bricks and farce.
Hungry diggers
feed upon the charm of the cobbled paving
and speculating scaffoldings
touch up the paint of what was a rent
within everybody’s reach,
reasonable, in short, cheap.
Turning all of our old centre a shitty colour
Help!*
The racist court grows and expels the gipsy chord,
expels the whores, imprisons the dealer,
evicts the old shoemaker, the pensioner widow,
myself, the neighbour and the buddy,
the baker, the barber, the innkeeper, the tobacconist,
the cats, the dogs, the bicycles
and the tale of the dairymaid,
because since yesterday, the sun in the neighbourhood,
is only for those who can pay for it.
(Víctor C. López, 2003: 34-35)**
* Socorro is the Castilian for «help» but it here refers to Carrer dels Socors [Street of Succour], now written in Catalan, a street of the neighbourhood in Ciutat where I have carried out most of my research (Ciutat is also known as Palma). The street takes the name of the Augustinian church of Nostra Senyora dels [Our Lady of] Socors that stands there.
** Based upon a previous translation (Franquesa&Morell 2004, in med-voices.org, a website that is no longer available).
Translation: M Morell
What is poetry,
the green, the blue,
red-haired, the limping,
from here to there,
The baguette,
bada bing, bada bam,
the mojito and Simón’s street,
the guitar that doesn’t stop
and my song.
Shush! The neighbour tells me to keep quiet
and he shut up
Careful ‘cause you’re gonna fall!
You have such a bad temper
not even your shadow puts up with you,
two minutes of silence and he’ll stir things up to the rhythm
of bada bing, bada bam, bada bing.
This can’t go on anymore!
And there goes Bernarda and calls the local police
Stop banging the drums!
Let me see your ID!
Turn around!
He’s turned out to be a cheeky one, come with us to the police station.
Fuck, fuck, fuck!
Goddamn,
They really wanna fuck me!
Two hours taking data
It’s me who pays the consequences,
the instalments, the binge, and the executor.
Who’s blessing you?
Back in the street
I’m going to eat.
The sea air blows
down wind street,
at one of its ends she cries
the loss of her love,
he turns around the corner
and disappears in the rain
believing himself free for some reason.
The roofs collapse in their houses
forbidden to the indigent,
abandoned
doors blocked off with bricks and farce.
Hungry diggers
feed upon the charm of the cobbled paving
and speculating scaffoldings
touch up the paint of what was a rent
within everybody’s reach,
reasonable, in short, cheap.
Turning all of our old centre a shitty colour
Help!*
The racist court grows and expels the gipsy chord,
expels the whores, imprisons the dealer,
evicts the old shoemaker, the pensioner widow,
myself, the neighbour and the buddy,
the baker, the barber, the innkeeper, the tobacconist,
the cats, the dogs, the bicycles
and the tale of the dairymaid,
because since yesterday, the sun in the neighbourhood,
is only for those who can pay for it.
(Víctor C. López, 2003: 34-35)**
* Socorro is the Castilian for «help» but it here refers to Carrer dels Socors [Street of Succour], now written in Catalan, a street of the neighbourhood in Ciutat where I have carried out most of my research (Ciutat is also known as Palma). The street takes the name of the Augustinian church of Nostra Senyora dels [Our Lady of] Socors that stands there.
** Based upon a previous translation (Franquesa&Morell 2004, in med-voices.org, a website that is no longer available).
Translation: M Morell
Para entrevistar a un okupa nos fuimos al Centro Social Okupado El Palomar de Sant Andreu. Sant Andreu es un barrio de la Barcelona obrera, que conserva cierta identidad propia del pueblo que había sido hasta 1897. Quien contesta las... more
Para entrevistar a un okupa nos fuimos al Centro Social Okupado El Palomar de Sant Andreu. Sant Andreu es un barrio de la Barcelona obrera, que conserva cierta identidad propia
del pueblo que había sido hasta 1897.
Quien contesta las preguntas es Xavi, José o Iván, por decir nombres al azar, pues vamos a preservar su identidad.. El entrevistado se inició en el activismo en el Mili-KK-La Mandragora de Sant Andreu, cuando todavía el servicio militar era obligatorio.
del pueblo que había sido hasta 1897.
Quien contesta las preguntas es Xavi, José o Iván, por decir nombres al azar, pues vamos a preservar su identidad.. El entrevistado se inició en el activismo en el Mili-KK-La Mandragora de Sant Andreu, cuando todavía el servicio militar era obligatorio.
Comparación entre el movimiento okupa y el movimiento por la vivienda en España, cuya máxima expresión son las Plataformas de Afectados por las Hipotecas
El següent article pretén reflexionar sobre un dels actors que ha denunciat de manera més contundent i continuada el problema de la manca d’habitatge i d’espais de sociabilitat no mercantilitzats. L’okupació d’immobles abandonats és... more
El següent article pretén reflexionar sobre un dels
actors que ha denunciat de manera més
contundent i continuada el problema de la manca
d’habitatge i d’espais de sociabilitat no
mercantilitzats. L’okupació d’immobles abandonats
és un fenomen antic, però la seva constitució en
tant que moviment social es remunta a la dècada
dels 70. És durant aquesta dècada quan es
popularitzen les okupacions a països com
Alemanya, Holanda, Itàlia o Gran Bretanya. Al
nostre país, però, no és fins al 1984, quan es
produeixen les primeres okupacions reivindicades
en el barri de Gràcia a Barcelona. De fet, no és fins
al 1996 amb la conjunció de diversos factors
d’oportunitat (criminalització de l’okupació a través
del Codi Penal, okupació i desallotjament violent
del Cinema Princesa, acumulació de forces del
propi moviment) que aquest moviment no dóna el
salt a l’Agenda Pública. A continuació presentarem
breument el context sociopolític on es desenvolupa
el moviment; apuntarem els principals impactes
que ha tingut el moviment en les polítiques
públiques i acabarem amb un reflexió comparada
de cara a abordar la temàtica de l’okupació des de
les institucions.
actors que ha denunciat de manera més
contundent i continuada el problema de la manca
d’habitatge i d’espais de sociabilitat no
mercantilitzats. L’okupació d’immobles abandonats
és un fenomen antic, però la seva constitució en
tant que moviment social es remunta a la dècada
dels 70. És durant aquesta dècada quan es
popularitzen les okupacions a països com
Alemanya, Holanda, Itàlia o Gran Bretanya. Al
nostre país, però, no és fins al 1984, quan es
produeixen les primeres okupacions reivindicades
en el barri de Gràcia a Barcelona. De fet, no és fins
al 1996 amb la conjunció de diversos factors
d’oportunitat (criminalització de l’okupació a través
del Codi Penal, okupació i desallotjament violent
del Cinema Princesa, acumulació de forces del
propi moviment) que aquest moviment no dóna el
salt a l’Agenda Pública. A continuació presentarem
breument el context sociopolític on es desenvolupa
el moviment; apuntarem els principals impactes
que ha tingut el moviment en les polítiques
públiques i acabarem amb un reflexió comparada
de cara a abordar la temàtica de l’okupació des de
les institucions.
Breve historia de 20 años de movimiento okupa en el Estado español (1984-2004), donde se visualizan tres etapas diferenciadas.
Tensions between efforts to preserve threatened ecosystems and efforts to improve the life conditions of people who inhabit such areas are of increasing concern in environmental science, policy, and practice. In our research with farmers... more
Tensions between efforts to preserve threatened ecosystems and efforts to improve the life conditions of people who inhabit such areas are of increasing concern in environmental science, policy, and practice. In our research with farmers in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, we have identified a range of forces, factors, and ideas that influence how farmers develop production strategies and make choices about resource use that have consequences for local environmental conditions and human well-being. This article aims to support collaborative work between organizations investing in conservation efforts and local peoples inhabiting sites of conservationist concern by drawing attention to farmers discussions of, and responses to, these factors. The article advances a framework for considering the beliefs, needs, and aspirations of local stakeholders together with diverse contextual factors that influence their decisions and productive activities.
Estudio sobre el movimiento de okupaciones en Catalunya y su impacto en las políticas públicas. Consta de siete estudios de caso para los barrios de Sant Andreu, Gràcia y Sants de la ciudad de Barcelona, y las ciudades de Mataró,... more
Estudio sobre el movimiento de okupaciones en Catalunya y su impacto en las políticas públicas. Consta de siete estudios de caso para los barrios de Sant Andreu, Gràcia y Sants de la ciudad de Barcelona, y las ciudades de Mataró, Sabadell, Terrassa y Sant Cugat.
The Can Vies social centre in Barcelona recently hit the headlines across the world when its eviction led to five consecutive nights of rioting. But the story is much bigger than that....
Libor de capítulos sobre diversos aspectos del movimiento de okupaciones. Coordinado por Miguel A. Martínez López y Remon Adell
Abuja, the most rapidly growing city in Africa, is not just a modern capital city of Nigeria. It is a city that is being contested by the elites who desire to realize their modernist vision of an orderly and beautiful city and the poor... more
Abuja, the most rapidly growing city in Africa, is not just a modern capital city of Nigeria. It is a city that is being contested by the elites who desire to realize their modernist vision of an orderly and beautiful city and the poor who struggle to stitch together a living largely in the informal sector. Abuja is also the destination of innumerable unemployed people who migrate to the city in search of perceived employment opportunities and of those who see the city as much safer than other parts of the country. It is within this context, coupled with limited resources, that the city administration is struggling to cope with the increasing challenges of providing housing, basic public services and an efficient transportation system. The key issue is whether the government’s partnership with the private sector in the development of Abuja in the last decade can meet these challenges.
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El movimiento 15M ha desarrollado una intensa actividad tomando su lugar en ciudades y pueblos de la geografía española, pero buena parte de sus actividades se han desempeñado en el espacio virtual de Internet en el que surge la... more
El movimiento 15M ha desarrollado una intensa actividad tomando su lugar en ciudades y pueblos de la geografía española, pero buena parte de sus actividades se han desempeñado en el espacio virtual de Internet en el que surge la movilización. Espacio geográfico y ciberespacio han sido, en primer término, espacios de socialización donde los activistas debatieron la situación de injusticia, formaron una identidad propia y llamaron a la acción. La toma de las calles, las acampadas en las plazas y la descentralización a los barrios cumplen funciones geoestratégica pero también simbólicas que se manifiesta como un desafío a los poderes dominantes y a la consideración hegemónica de la ciudad. En este texto se explora la dimensión estratégica del espacio geográfico y el ciberespacio en las prácticas y representaciones del movimiento 15M.
Informal housing communities of semi-autonomous urban migrants emerged rapidly at the margins of Southeast Asian cities and Hong Kong after World War II. Their development constituted an important moment in postwar social history: the... more
Informal housing communities of semi-autonomous urban migrants emerged rapidly at the margins of Southeast Asian cities and Hong Kong after World War II. Their development constituted an important moment in postwar social history: the dwellers eked out a livelihood on land which initially lay beyond official control, relying on family, kinship and community ties to cope with the challenges of employment, environmental disaster and eviction. What was also historic was the response of the colonial and postcolonial states to the informal housing.
Influenced partly by the advice of international experts on the need for controlled development, the region’s governments criminalised the informal housing as illegal, represented their dwellers as socially inert and warned of the dire impact such unplanned settlement, like a contagion, would have on the character and future of the society and nation. To varying degrees, they also undertook to either resettle the dwellers in emergency public housing or reorganise social life in the settlements through aided self-help. In only the former British-ruled city-states of Singapore and Hong Kong did the authorities succeed in transforming the face and character of the city; elsewhere, the pressure of patronage politics and the preference for “prestige projects’ greatly limited the scope of the actual reorganisation. Drawing upon James Scott’s concept of “high modernist’ planning and social governance, this paper examines the origins and development of informal settlements in urban Southeast Asia and Hong Kong and the different outcomes of state efforts to transform their residents into “squatters’, colonial subjects and, finally, model citizens of new nation-states.
Influenced partly by the advice of international experts on the need for controlled development, the region’s governments criminalised the informal housing as illegal, represented their dwellers as socially inert and warned of the dire impact such unplanned settlement, like a contagion, would have on the character and future of the society and nation. To varying degrees, they also undertook to either resettle the dwellers in emergency public housing or reorganise social life in the settlements through aided self-help. In only the former British-ruled city-states of Singapore and Hong Kong did the authorities succeed in transforming the face and character of the city; elsewhere, the pressure of patronage politics and the preference for “prestige projects’ greatly limited the scope of the actual reorganisation. Drawing upon James Scott’s concept of “high modernist’ planning and social governance, this paper examines the origins and development of informal settlements in urban Southeast Asia and Hong Kong and the different outcomes of state efforts to transform their residents into “squatters’, colonial subjects and, finally, model citizens of new nation-states.