Families experiencing homelessness and the production of everyday urban space in Buenos Aires, Argentina (2017-2022)

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ID5155405
AuthorsVeronica Paiva (0000-0001-8154-8526, corresponding author)
Year2024
Volume104
Publication date2024-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCahiers des Amériques latines (BOOK_SERIES)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1141-7161 • E-ISSN: 2268-4247
PublisherOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/123ub
OpenAlexW4401071175
LanguageEN
References cited12

This article analyzes the production of space from the perspective of families experiencing homelessness who live in the Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina. Based on census data and twelve in-depth interviews carried out in 2022, it explores the demographic, the infrastructure they use daily, their reasons for staying in a particular place, their routines, their social networks, and finally, the way they outfit their living area. In terms of housing trajectories, the article shows how those families alternate between boarding houses, shelters, and the street. This vicious circle of poverty is reinforced by public policies that provide only temporary assistance to cover a boarding house room or shelter. The analysis draws on Henri Lefebvre's notion of "the production of space" and his triad of conceived, lived and perceived space as well as Angela Giglia's concept of "inhabiting" [habitar

Art · Census · Economic growth · Geography · Population · Poverty · Public space · Sociology · Virtuous circle and vicious circle · Visual arts · Demography · Engineering · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Sex work and related issues

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