Abstract

Housing social movements, in the course of their everyday activities, continually share and produce knowledge, a process defined as learning. This paper addresses a gap in the literature on housing activism, looking at learning as a crucial domain of housing movements’ politics and practice. By looking at housing activism through the lens of theories on learning in social movements, we provide a nuanced understanding of Barcelona’s neighbourhood-based housing groups. Previously centralized in one movement (the Plataforma de Afectados por la Hipoteca), housing activism in the city is now spread into a heterogeneous network, including small and localized collectives. The paper examines one neighbourhood housing group, the Grup d’Habitatge de Sants, and its relations with other groups, scrutinizing how processes and potentials of learning unfold in four critical moments: assemblies, workshops, direct action and debates/congresses. We reveal learning as a complex and multilayered phenomenon, arguing that it is fundamental for housing activism and an essential path towards achieving housing justice.

摘要

在日常活动过程中，住房社交活动不断地共享和产生知识，这一过程被定义为学习。本文解决了住房激进主义文献中的空白，将学习视为住房运动的政治和实践的重要领域。通过以社会运动中的学习理论为视角来研究住房激进主义，我们对巴塞罗那以社区为基础的住房群体有了细微的了解。以前，在一个运动中集会（西班牙广场，Hipoteca广场），该市的住房行动主义现在已扩散到一个由异类网络组成的网络中，包括小型和本地化的集体。本文研究了一个社区住房群体，即Grup d'Habitatge de Sants，及其与其他群体的关系，详细审查学习的过程和潜力如何在四个关键时刻发挥作用：集会，讲习班，直接行动和辩论/代表大会。我们认为学习是一个复杂而多层次的现象，认为这是住房行动主义的基础，也是实现住房正义的必经之路。