The movement of homeless in Florianópolis: changes in the profile of actors and practices (1990 - 2014)

Abstract

This paper analyzes the recent urban occupation of the region of Florianópolis (SC), identified as movements struggling for housing and / or homeless, with a focus Contestado the Occupation, which marks the resumption of fights organized by access to urban land . The hypothesis the idea that the recent occupations make up a new cycle of struggles, comparable to what occurred in the region in the 1990s, the authors try to analyze the two contexts, with the axis some points in common, including the socioeconomic characteristics people and families who have joined the occupations, their relation to recent migration process, the role of mediators and the political significance of the emergence of these actors in the political context of the city.

Keywords

• movimentos sociais
• sem-teto
• Florianópolis