scholarly journals Apontamentos sobre a produção do espaço de conflito na luta pela cidade

GeoTextos ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabiana Valdoski Ribeiro

Este artigo visa compreender uma das contradições inerentes à crise urbana, a relação entre dominação e apropriação do espaço à luz das práticas dos movimentos sociais urbanos que produzem o espaço de conflito. Compreendemos este espaço como aquele onde a exigência de um encontro em torno de um conflito proporciona ações que vão desmistificando discursos e ações de sujeitos que buscam o domínio do espaço. O espaço de conflito é considerado como coletivo, espaço que nega o exercício da cidadania e da participação somente como discurso, revelando as reivindicações dos moradores. Assim, a hipótese se sustenta na ideia de que a resistência pode produzir o espaço de conflito. Por isso, a experiência de luta de moradores da Favela Maria Cursi, na cidade de São Paulo, em conjunto com o Movimento de Defesa dos Favelados, revela essa produção, já que, para resistir às reiteradas estratégias de expulsão de uma área valorizada de um bairro periférico, tiveram que promover atividades nas quais politizavam o vivido a partir de confrontos diretos com os representantes do Estado e também com os demais setores interessados na expropriação. Abstract NOTES ON THE PRODUCTION OF A SPACE OF CONFLICT IN THE STRUGGLE FOR THE CITY The paper aims to understand one of the contradictions inherent in the urban crisis – that between domination and appropriation of space – against the backdrop of the practices of urban social movements that produce a space of conflict. We understand space of conflict as that where an encounter brought about by conflict gives rise to actions that demystify discourses and actions carried out by agents that seek to dominate space. The space of conflict is collective, insofar as it does not reduce citizenship and participation to discourse, but instead promotes the demands made by residents. Our hypothesis thus rests on the idea that resistance can produce a space of conflict. For this reason, the struggle waged by the residents of Maria Cursi (a slum in the city of São Paulo) together with the Movement in Defense of Slum Dwellers reveals the production of such space. In order to counteract the strategies for removing the slum from high value land in São Paulo’s peripheral space, these residents had to promote activities that politicized lived space in their battle against policymakers and others interested in displacement.

Crisis ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel Hideki Bando ◽  
Fernando Madalena Volpe

Background: In light of the few reports from intertropical latitudes and their conflicting results, we aimed to replicate and update the investigation of seasonal patterns of suicide occurrences in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Methods: Data relating to male and female suicides were extracted from the Mortality Information Enhancement Program (PRO-AIM), the official health statistics of the municipality of São Paulo. Seasonality was assessed by studying distribution of suicides over time using cosinor analyses. Results: There were 6,916 registered suicides (76.7% men), with an average of 39.0 ± 7.0 observed suicides per month. For the total sample and for both sexes, cosinor analysis estimated a significant seasonal pattern. For the total sample and for males suicide peaked in November (late spring) with a trough in May–June (late autumn). For females, the estimated peak occurred in January, and the trough in June–July. Conclusions: A seasonal pattern of suicides was found for both males and females, peaking in spring/summer and dipping in fall/winter. The scarcity of reports from intertropical latitudes warrants promoting more studies in this area.


Author(s):  
Jonathan Diesselhorst

This article discusses the struggles of urban social movements for a de-neoliberalisation of housing policies in Poulantzian terms as a “condensation of the relationship of forces”. Drawing on an empirical analysis of the “Berliner Mietenvolksentscheid” (Berlin rent referendum), which was partially successful in forcing the city government of Berlin to adopt a more progressive housing policy, the article argues that urban social movements have the capacity to challenge neoliberal housing regimes. However, the specific materiality of the state apparatus and its strategic selectivity both limit the scope of intervention for social movements aiming at empowerment and non-hierarchical decision-making.


2001 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 407-408
Author(s):  
E. LANDULFO ◽  
A. PAPAYANNIS ◽  
A. ZANARDI DE FREITAS ◽  
M.P.P.. M. JORGE ◽  
N.D. VIEIRA JÚNIOR
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2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (11) ◽  
pp. 6185
Author(s):  
André Ruoppolo Biazoti ◽  
Angélica Campos Nakamura ◽  
Gustavo Nagib ◽  
Vitória Oliveira Pereira de Souza Leão ◽  
Giulia Giacchè ◽  
...  

During the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic, farmers worldwide were greatly affected by disruptions in the food chain. In 2020, São Paulo city experienced most of the effects of the pandemic in Brazil, with 15,587 deaths through December 2020. Here, we describe the impacts of COVID-19 on urban agriculture (UA) in São Paulo from April to August 2020. We analyzed two governmental surveys of 2100 farmers from São Paulo state and 148 from São Paulo city and two qualitative surveys of volunteers from ten community gardens and seven urban farmers. Our data showed that 50% of the farmers were impacted by the pandemic with drops in sales, especially those that depended on intermediaries. Some farmers in the city adapted to novel sales channels, but 22% claimed that obtaining inputs became difficult. No municipal support was provided to UA in São Paulo, and pre-existing issues were exacerbated. Work on community gardens decreased, but no garden permanently closed. Post COVID-19, UA will have the challenge of maintaining local food chains established during the pandemic. Due to the increase in the price of inputs and the lack of technical assistance, governmental efforts should be implemented to support UA.


2005 ◽  
Vol 75 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 135-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Regina Maura de Miranda ◽  
Maria de Fátima Andrade ◽  
Artemio Plana Fattori

2005 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. 1451-1460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marilia Brasilio Rodrigues Camargo ◽  
Maysa Seabra Cendoroglo ◽  
Luiz Roberto Ramos ◽  
Maria do Rosario Dias de Oliveira Latorre ◽  
Gabriela Luporini Saraiva ◽  
...  

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Silva-Sánchez ◽  
P.R. Jacobi
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2003 ◽  
Vol 89 (4) ◽  
pp. 870-871 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. E O. Yai ◽  
W. A. Cañon-Franco ◽  
V. C. Geraldi ◽  
M. E L. Summa ◽  
M. C G. O. Camargo ◽  
...  

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