Urban Claims and the Right to the City
Grassroots Perspectives from Salvador da Bahia and London
Julian Walker (Editor), Marcos Bau Carvalho (Editor), Ilinca Diaconescu (Editor)
Urban Claims and the Right to the City explores how contested processes of urban development, and the rights of city dwellers, are understood and interpreted from the perspective of women and men working, in different ways, at the grassroots in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, and London, UK. In doing so, it represents the grounded voices of authors whose work and lives mean that they engage, on a daily basis, with issues related to housing and spatial rights, and identity struggles around race, gender, disability, sexuality, citizenship and class.
Reivindicações Urbanas e o Direito à Cidade investiga como os processos de desenvolvimento urbano em disputa e os direitos de moradores das cidades são compreendidos e interpretados por mulheres e homens que trabalham, de maneiras diferentes, nas bases populares de Salvador da Bahia, no Brasil, e de Londres, no Reino Unido. Ao fazê-lo, o livro representa vozes situadas de autores cujos trabalhos e vidas estão cotidianamente engajados em questões relacionadas aos direitos à moradia e ao espaço, e em lutas pautadas por identidades de raça, gênero, deficiência, sexualidade, cidadania e classe social.
Praise for Urban Claims and the Right to the City
‘Offers the reader … similar to what the philosopher Giorgio Agambem has argued for, the need to comprehend the making of subjectivities, powers and capacities for political action within the conditions of the contemporary city. It does this with a light-touch of the editors, allowing for these commentaries to stand independently.’The London Journal
‘This bilingual book is several things at once. It’s a photography collection, with over 100 vibrant photos documenting the case study cities of Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) and London (UK). It’s an interview series, with a few chapters by academics but mostly told through the voices of activists. And it’s a research report, which centres but also questions the core concept of the right to the city. … Urban Claims and the Right to the City is a different kind of academic work, aiming for a different kind of city.’
Environment & Urbanization
CONTENTS
Preface
Gabriela Leandro Pereira
Introduction
Marcos Bau Carvalho, Ilinca Diaconescu, and Julian Walker
Lugar Comum, Salvador da Bahia
Ana Fernandes
Just Space, London
Richard Lee
The context of urban struggles in Salvador
Marcos Bau Carvalho
The policy context for housing and urban struggles in London
Richard Lee
Centring the margins: knowledge production and methodology as praxis
Kamna Patel
SALVADOR DA BAHIA
Acervo da Laje
José Eduardo Ferreira Santos
The Association of Friends of Gege and the Residents of Gamboa de Baixo
Ana Cristina da Silva Caminha
Association of Residents and Friends of the Historic Centre
Jecilda Maria da Cruz Melo
Associacao de Moradores do Loteamento Nova Republica
Vera Lúcia Machado Teixeira
Art Consciousness Cultural Group
Alex Pereira
Luisa Mahin Occupation
Márcia Amorim Ribeiro and Selma de Jesus Batista
Gurreira Maria Occupation
Maria Lucianne Lobato Ferreira
LONDON
Inclusion London
Ellen Clifford
Latin Elephant
Patria Roman-Velazquez
LGBTQ+ spaces
Ben Walters
London Gypsies and Travellers
Clemmie James
Migrants’ Rights Network
Sofia Roupakia
The Ubele Initiative
Yvonne Field
Reflections: Multiple visions of the Right to the City
Alexandre Apsan Frediani, Barbara Lipietz and Julian Walker
CONTEÚDO
Prefácio
Gabriela Leandro Pereira
Introdução
Marcos Bau Carvalho, Ilinca Diaconescu, e Julian Walker
Lugar Comum, Salvador da Bahia
Ana Fernandes
Just Space, London
Richard Lee
O contexto das lutas urbanas em Salvador
Marcos Bau Carvalho
O contexto das políticas habitacionais e das lutas urbanas em Londres
Richard Lee
Centralizando as margens: produção de conhecimento e metodologia como praxis
Kamna Patel
SALVADOR DA BAHIA
Acervo da Laje
José Eduardo Ferreira Santos
Associação Amigos de Gegê dos Moradores da Gamboa de Baixo
Ana Cristina da Silva Caminha
Associacao de Moradores E Amigos do Centro Historico (AMACH)
Jecilda Maria da Cruz Melo
Associacao de Moradores do Loteamento Nova Republica
Vera Lúcia Machado Teixeira
Grupo Cultural Arte Consciente
Alex Pereira
Ocupação Luisa Mahin
Márcia Amorim Ribeiro e Selma de Jesus Batista
Ocupação Força e Luta Guerreira Maria
Maria Lucianne Lobato Ferreira
LONDON
Inclusao Londres
Ellen Clifford
Elefante Latino
Patria Roman-Velazquez
Espaços LGBTQ+
Ben Walters
Ciganos E Viajantes De Londres
Clemmie James
Rede Direito dos Migrantes
Sofia Roupakia
Iniciativa Ubele
Yvonne Field
Reflexões: As múltiplas visões do ‘Direito à Cidade’
Alexandre Apsan Frediani, Barbara Lipietz e Julian Walker
DOI: 10.14324/111.9781787356382
Number of pages: 200
Number of illustrations: 110
Publication date: 16 March 2020
PDF ISBN: 9781787356382
EPUB ISBN: 9781787355668
Hardback ISBN: 9781787355651
Paperback ISBN: 9781787355644
Julian Walker (Editor)
Julian Walker is a social development practitioner, with a background in social anthropology and research interest related to urban spatial rights, gender and social identity. He is an Associate Professor at the Bartlett Development Planning Unit of University College London, where he is the Co-Programme Leader of the MSc Social Development Practice, the Director of the DPU's Training and Advisory Services, and the Director of the DPU's Gender Policy and Planning Programme.
Marcos Bau Carvalho (Editor)
Marcos Bau Carvalho is a filmmaker with a background in architecture and urbanism, and research interests related to democracy and the right to the city. He is a professor at the School of Communication of the Federal University of Bahia, where he is the Coordinator of the Audiovisual Laboratory (LabAV).
Ilinca Diaconescu (Editor)
Ilinca Diaconescu has a background in urban planning and a research and practice focus on community participation in planning and decision making. She has been actively involved in Just Space and is the Policy Officer at London Gypsies and Travellers.
‘This bilingual book is several things at once. It’s a photography collection, with over 100 vibrant photos documenting the case study cities of Salvador da Bahia (Brazil) and London (UK). It’s an interview series, with a few chapters by academics but mostly told through the voices of activists. And it’s a research report, which centres but also questions the core concept of the right to the city. … Urban Claims and the Right to the City is a different kind of academic work, aiming for a different kind of city.’
Environment & Urbanization
‘Offers the reader … similar to what the philosopher Giorgio Agambem has argued for, the need to comprehend the making of subjectivities, powers and capacities for political action within the conditions of the contemporary city. It does this with a light-touch of the editors, allowing for these commentaries to stand independently.’ The London Journal
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