De Carli, B. (2016) Micro-resilience and justice: co-producing narratives of change. Building Research and Information, 44 (7). pp. 775-788. ISSN 0961-3218
Abstract
Significant lessons can be drawn from grassroots’ experiences of self-organizing to challenge the uneven distribution of resources and opportunities in cities. This paper examines the strategies of low-income dwellers living in squatted buildings in São Paulo, Brazil, and asks how resilience narratives can help one understand the agency of these micro-strategies across multiple scales. The city centre of São Paulo is a key site for housing movements to challenge spatial injustice in Brazil. In a context where housing for low-income groups is in short supply and characterized by highly skewed social and spatial distribution, squatted buildings have emerged since the 1990s as laboratories for alternative ways of producing the city. The paper draws from an action-research project investigating such occupations in São Paulo. Firstly, it explores the practices of individual and groups inhabiting a building known as Ocupação Marconi, focusing on its social production as a device for co-producing local resilience from the micro-scale. Secondly, it reflects on which forms of knowledge production might allow for putting such practices into focus, interrogating participatory action research as a means to facilitate resilience at scale.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Building Research and Information. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | action research; adaptation; bottom-up approaches; housing; informal settlements; participation; resilience; self-organizing; shelter; social rights; urban regeneration |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Architecture (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 10 Oct 2016 12:19 |
Last Modified: | 01 Sep 2017 22:12 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09613218.2016.1213523 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/09613218.2016.1213523 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:105690 |