nouvelle publication bilingue (angl./esp.)

Vient de paraître dans la revue ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies, 2020, Vol 19 No 3 – Special Issue : Producción Social del Hábitat y Comunes Urbanos

Housing Cooperatives In Barcelona, Between The Commons And Social Production Of Habitat.
A Step Towards Housing Communalization In Barcelona?

Esp : “La vivienda cooperativa en Barcelona, entre comunes y producción social del hábitat. ¿Hacia una comunalización de la vivienda en Barcelona?”

Par Diego Miralles Buil
[https://antreautre.hypotheses.org/]

Usine autogéré de Can Batlló, un exemple de commun urbain (quartier de La Bordeta, Barcelone) – Diego Miralles Buil, juin 2017

Abstract :

        The cooperative housing model of cession of use (MCU) promoted by activist groups in Barcelona can be considered a means of reappropriation of housing and territory. In this article, we will examine how these groups were inspired by Latin American Social Production of Habitat (SPH) initiatives and the concept of the common to develop this model. This form of alternative housing led to a repositioning of Barcelona’s housing actors and the elaboration of municipal policies considering housing as « common goods ». However, many activist groups consider the common above all a praxis, breaking with the policies of the City Council and bringing the common closer to the notion of SPH. In this article, we will question the links between these two notions and their applications in Barcelona. We will examine how the use, sometimes decontextualized, of these concepts by some entities generates conflict and demonstrates an attempt to reappropriate these notions to support neoliberal values. Thus, we will see how some cooperative housing projects allow for the (re)politicization of the notions of common and SPH, outlining a form of housing communalization.

Keywords: Cooperative housing; use value; commons; Social Production of Habitat (SPH); communalization; reterritorialization

Plus d’informations, résumé en espagnol et accès aux articles (angl./esp.): https://acme-journal.org/index.php/acme/article/view/2095 ou https://antreautre.hypotheses.org/1047