MESA ACTIVA POR LA REURBANIZACIÓN DE LA VILLA 20. AN ETHNOGRAPHIC APPROACH TO COLLECTIVE MOBILIZATION PROCESSES

Abstract

Within the framework of new urban policies in the City of Buenos Aires, a redevelopment project began to be implemented in Villa 20 in 2016. Various state mechanisms were created to guarantee the participation of residents in decision-making. In this article, the processes of collective mobilization around redevelopment are analyzed, particularly the formation of the political front Mesa Activa por la Reurbanización de la Villa 20. From an ethnographic approach and the concept of hegemony, the perspectives of the actors are recovered and the daily network of practices and social relations is reconstructed. It is shown that neighbors and militants develop political actions, both inside and outside the state devices, through which they build unity. Likewise, they establish interpersonal relationships with state agents: confrontational ties, as well as alliances, affinity relationships, and cooperation.

Keywords

• redevelopment
• collective mobilization
• public politics
• ethnography
• hegemony