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Policies Focused on Illegally Occupied Villages and Dwellings in Buenos Aires: Inclusion-Exclusion Tension

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  • Felipe Ochsenius Universidad de Buenos Aires
  • Maria Carman Universidad de Buenos Aires
  • Vanina Lekerman Universidad de Buenos Aires
  • Marina Wertheimer Universidad de Buenos Aires
Vol. 31 No. 88 (2016): Gentrification and displacements in Latin America

Abstract

This paper addresses the distinctive characteristics of policies focused on illegally occupied villages and dwellings in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina, over the 1950-2002 period. It also analyzes the implementation of a certain set of housing initiatives in successive authoritarian and democratic eras, which ranged from establishment/eradication and inclusion/exclusion. The objective of this research is to provide further insights into the 100-year-old history of policies oriented towards popular sectors who live in illegally occupied villages and dwellings in Buenos Aires and whose prevalent hallmarks are vagrancy, partiality and violence. This study argues that housing policies are constantly displacing vulnerable social groups according to the premise that the “natural” place of residence of these groups can be found outside the capital city.

Author Biographies

Felipe Ochsenius, Universidad de Buenos Aires

Geographer, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, 2005. Postgraduate degree in Local Development and Local Economy, FLACSO Argentina, 2007. MSc in Social and Political Anthropology, 2012-2015. Geographer, Spatial Analysis Area, Directorate-General for Environmental Health, Local Authority for Cuenca Matanza Riachuelo. Member of the “Anthropology, City and Nature” group. Urban Studies Area, Gino Germani Research Institute, University of Buenos Aires. 

Maria Carman, Universidad de Buenos Aires

PhD in Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy and Literature, University of Buenos Aires. Director, “Anthropology, City and Nature” group, Urban Studies Area, Gino Germani Research Institute, University of Buenos Aires. 

Vanina Lekerman, Universidad de Buenos Aires

PhD in Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy and Literature, University of Buenos Aires. Professor, UBA 21 Program. 

Marina Wertheimer, Universidad de Buenos Aires

BA in Political Science, UBA. MSc in Journalism, University of San Andrés. PhD student in Social Science, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento – Institute for Economic Development. 

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Ochsenius, F., Carman, M., Lekerman, V., & Wertheimer, M. (2016). Policies Focused on Illegally Occupied Villages and Dwellings in Buenos Aires: Inclusion-Exclusion Tension. Revista INVI, 31(88), 193–215. Retrieved from https://revistateoriadelarte.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/62787
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