Entre la invasión y la consolidación de barrios: análisis psicosocial de la resistencia al desalojo

Abstract

ResumenEn el presente trabajo ilustraremos algunos procesos mediante los cuales los habitantes del barrio se ven sometidos simultáneamente a prácticas de inclusión y exclusión por parte de las políticas estatuidas, lo cual genera contradicciones en el seno de las instituciones oficiales así como en los pobladores expuestos a las mismas. Analizaremos, a partir de un estudio de caso, estrategias empleadas por los pobladores para enfrentar las amenazas de desalojo a las que recurrentemente se ven expuestos y sugeriremos que las soluciones al problema habitacional autogestionado por los propios ciudadanos, plantean entre otros, el dilema entre la necesidad y la legalidad. AbstractBetween the invasion and consolidation of "Barrios": psicosocial analysis of displacement resistance. In the present paper we will illustrate some of the processes by which the habitants of a "Barrio" are simultaneously subject to practices of inclusion and exclusion coming from the state policies. This generates contradictions in the backbone of the official institutions same as in the habitants exposed to such policies. We will analyze, stemming from a case study, strategies employed by the habitants for facing the threats of displacement to which they see themselves constantly exposed and we will suggest that the solutions to housing problems conducted and solved by the citizens themselves, pose among other things, the dilemma between necessity and legality. Descriptores:Psicología Ambiental, Barrio, Resistencia al desalojo.

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