Housing and Belonging in Latin America

1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-78238-740-4
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 105, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 652 g

Reihe: CEDLA Latin America Studies

The intricacies of living in contemporary Latin American cities include cases of both empowerment and restriction. In Lima, residents built their own homes and formed community organizations, while in Rio de Janeiro inhabitants of the favelas needed to be “pacified” in anticipation of international sporting events. Aspirations to “get ahead in life” abound in the region, but so do multiple limitations to realizing the dream of upward mobility. This volume captures the paradoxical histories and experiences of urban life in Latin America, offering new empirical and theoretical insights to scholars.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Klaufus, Christien

Ouweneel, Arij

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sachkultur, Materielle Kultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Wohnen & Obdachlosigkeit

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures and Tables

Preface

Introduction: Taking up Residency: Spatial Reconfigurations and the Struggle to Belong in Urban Latin America

Christien Klaufus

PART I: THE LATIN AMERICAN CONTEXT

Chapter 1. The Consolidation of the Latin American City and the Changing Bases for Social Order

Bryan R. Roberts

Chapter 2. Proximity, Crime, Politics and Design: Medellín’s Popular Neighbourhoods and the Experience of Belonging

Gerard Martin and Marijke Martin

PART II: FAMILY AND BELONGING IN CONSOLIDATED SETTELEMENTS

Chapter 3. Debe Ser Esfuerzo Propio: Aspirations and Belongings of the Young Generation in the Old Barriadas of Southern Lima, Peru

Michaela Hordijk

Chapter 4. Housing Inheritance and Succession among Pioneer Squatters and Self Builders: A Mexican Case Study

Erika Denisse Grajeda

Chapter 5. ‘Favela Modelo’: A Study on Housing, Belonging and Civic Engagement in a ‘Pacified’ Favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Palloma Menezes

PART III: SPACES OF THE URBAN MIDDLE CLASS

Chapter 6. Housing Policy in the City of Buenos Aires: Some Reflections on the Programa Federal

Fernando Ostuni and Jean-Louis Van Gelder

Chapter 7. The Boom of High-Rise Apartment Buildings in Buenos Aires: New Spaces of Residentiality or a Motor of Disintegration?

Jan Dohnke and Corinna Hölzl

Chapter 8. Living With Style in My Casa GEO: Large-scale Housing Conjuntos in Urban Mexico

Cristina Inclán-Valadez

PART IV: ARCHITECTURAL AND SPATIAL REPRESENTATIONS

Chapter 9. Illiterate Modernists: Tracking the Dissemination of Architectural Knowledge in Brazilian Favelas

Fernando Luiz Lara

Chapter 10. Towards Belonging: Design and Dwelling Practices in Santa Marta, Colombia

Peter Kellett

Chapter 11. (Re)Building the City of Medellín: Beyond State Rhetoric vs. Personal Experience — A Call for Consolidated Synergies

Jota (José) Samper and Tamera Marko

PART V: REFLECTIONS

Chapter 12. Home and Belonging: Reflections From Urban Mexico

Ann Varley

Chapter 13. One Block at a Time: Performing the Neighbourhood

Arij Ouweneel

List of Contributors

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Klaufus, Christien
Christien Klaufus is Assistant Professor of Human Geography at CEDLA. She is the author of Urban Residence: Housing and Social Transformations in Globalizing Ecuador (Berghahn Books 2012) and a number of scholarly articles on urbanization and cultural dynamics in Latin America.

Ouweneel, Arij
Arij Ouweneel is an Associate Professor at CEDLA and was special Professor of Historical Anthropology of the Amerindian peoples at the Universiteit Utrecht from 1999 to 2004. His latest book is Freudian Fadeout: The Failings of Psychoanalysis in Film Criticism (McFarland 2012).

Christien Klaufus is Assistant Professor of Human Geography at CEDLA. She is the author of Urban Residence: Housing and Social Transformations in Globalizing Ecuador (Berghahn Books 2012) and a number of scholarly articles on urbanization and cultural dynamics in Latin America.