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Learning through housing activism in Barcelona: knowledge production and sharing in neighbourhood-based housing groups.
- Source :
- Housing Studies; Jun2023, Vol. 38 Issue 5, p902-921, 20p, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Housing social movements, in the course of their everyday activities, continually share and produce knowledge, a process defined as learning. This paper addresses a gap in the literature on housing activism, looking at learning as a crucial domain of housing movements' politics and practice. By looking at housing activism through the lens of theories on learning in social movements, we provide a nuanced understanding of Barcelona's neighbourhood-based housing groups. Previously centralized in one movement (the Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca), housing activism in the city is now spread into a heterogeneous network, including small and localized collectives. The paper examines one neighbourhood housing group, the Grup d'Habitatge de Sants, and its relations with other groups, scrutinizing how processes and potentials of learning unfold in four critical moments: assemblies, workshops, direct action and debates/congresses. We reveal learning as a complex and multilayered phenomenon, arguing that it is fundamental for housing activism and an essential path towards achieving housing justice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- RIGHT to housing
SOCIAL movements
NEIGHBORHOODS
INFORMATION sharing
COMMUNITY radio
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02673037
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Housing Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 163764162
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02673037.2021.1921121