Collective Urban Action in the Shantytowns of Buenos Aires, 1958-1983

AMANDINE SPIRE; MARIANNE MORANGE; CALUDIA ZAMORANO; SNITCOFSKY VALERIA

Vivre et construire le droit a la ville: expériences au sud. La dimension politique des pratiques citadines.

Presses universitaires de Paris Nanterre - Université Paris Nanterre

Lugar: París; Año: 2020; p. 71 - 81

This chapter summarises the results of doctoral research exploring the history of Buenos Aires? shantytowns between 1958 and 1983, highlighting the memories and experiences that led to the creation of the three main shantytown social organisations established in these spaces during the period examined. In so doing, we hope to contribute to the corpus of recent studies that emphasise the urban dimension of collective action, focusing especially on the history of informal settlements. This topic was formerly a marginal aspect of urban studies, but a number of recent works have started to give shape to an emerging field of new research.