TY - JOUR
T1 - Squatted and Self-Managed Social Centres in Mexico City
T2 - Four Case Studies from 1978-2020
AU - González Garcia, Robert
AU - Santiago, Diego de
AU - Rodríguez, Marco Antonio
PY - 2020/3/15
Y1 - 2020/3/15
N2 - A number of remarkable examples of self-managed social centres can be found among squatting and autonomous social movements in Mexico; despite sharing some of the traits found in European squatting movements, they also reflect the specificities and characteristics of the Latin American context. This paper aims to describe and compare four of these case studies in Mexico City: Biblioteca Social Reconstruir (BSR, Rebuild Social Library), Escuela de Cultura Popular Mártires del 68 (ECPM 68, Martyrs of 68 Popular Culture School), Okupa Che and Chanti Ollin. By examining these four examples in terms of the politics of self-management, it is possible to evaluate the achievements and limitations of this type of urban commons in Mexico from a critical success/failure perspective. Moreover, the different chronology of the four cases allows for an analysis of different stages in the relationship between urban social movements and broad grassroots movements in the country. The methodological approach includes committed ethnography, participant observation and in-depth interviews.
AB - A number of remarkable examples of self-managed social centres can be found among squatting and autonomous social movements in Mexico; despite sharing some of the traits found in European squatting movements, they also reflect the specificities and characteristics of the Latin American context. This paper aims to describe and compare four of these case studies in Mexico City: Biblioteca Social Reconstruir (BSR, Rebuild Social Library), Escuela de Cultura Popular Mártires del 68 (ECPM 68, Martyrs of 68 Popular Culture School), Okupa Che and Chanti Ollin. By examining these four examples in terms of the politics of self-management, it is possible to evaluate the achievements and limitations of this type of urban commons in Mexico from a critical success/failure perspective. Moreover, the different chronology of the four cases allows for an analysis of different stages in the relationship between urban social movements and broad grassroots movements in the country. The methodological approach includes committed ethnography, participant observation and in-depth interviews.
KW - social centres, squatting, commons, self-management, Mexico, success/failure perspective
KW - commons
KW - mexico
KW - self-management social centres
KW - squatting
KW - success/failure perspective
UR - https://doaj.org/article/c23dea092e884c9d90d44708e7dd3001
U2 - 10.1285/i20356609v13i3p1269
DO - 10.1285/i20356609v13i3p1269
M3 - Article
SN - 1972-7623
VL - 13
SP - 1269
EP - 1289
JO - Partecipazione e Conflitto
JF - Partecipazione e Conflitto
IS - 3
M1 - 2
ER -