Abstract

Inspired by feminist literature on the notion of ‘dwelling’, this paper asks: how does the personal dimension of dwelling relate to the political discourses of housing activism. The aim of this paper is to (re-)consider the political dimensions of housing activism and research through focussing on the intimate and private experiences of ‘being at home’, thereby extending and pluralising housing activism as ‘dwelling activism’. Methodologically, this paper ‘throws together’ two data sets. The first is an arts-based study on the intimate experiences of feeling at home that was conducted with 18 mental health service users in the UK. The second study interviewed 14 urban community land trust activists in England about community engagement and housing activism. A plural, disintegrative analysis offers a symbiotic reading of the close entanglement between the inward-facing personal practices of dwelling like building shelter and security, and the outward-facing more public practices of dwelling, like building relations and togetherness.

摘要

受关于“居住”概念的女权主义文献的启发，本文提出了一个问题：居住的个人维度如何与住房激进主义的政治话语相关联。本文的目的是（重新）考虑住房激进主义和研究的政治维度，通过关注“在家”的亲密和私人体验，从而将住房激进主义扩展和多元化为“住宅激进主义”。在方法论上，本文将两个数据集“放在一起”。第一项是一项以艺术为基础的研究，对英国的 18 名心理健康服务用户进行了关于宾至如归的亲密体验的研究。第二项研究采访了英格兰的 14 名城市社区土地信托活动家，了解社区参与和住房活动。一个复数，