Andréa Arruda (Junior researcher Project)
PROJECT STARTING AND CONCLUSIONS DATES . March 2023 - March 2029 . FINANCING . FCT-FAUL
KEY WORDS . Right to housing, urban margins, self-produced neighborhoods, insurgent practices, professional, training and academic extension practices.
RELEVANCE . This research intend to discuss the designation of self produced neighborhoods used by research institutions, international agencies and government bodies - slums (favelas/barracas), informal and illegal settlements, irregular or precarious – merely focusing on the aesthetic appearance of the precarious housing or on the non-compliance with legal provisions relating to land registration and to the urban planning regulations. These adjectives ignore the different strategies of socio spatial groups for self-production, their legitimacy and their rights, causing insecurity of ownership and other constraints. The right to housing is provided in the constitutional of several countries (Portugal, 1976; Brazil, 1988) and is included in the 2030 Agenda. Despite these advances, the practices for legitimizing these territories remains in dispute, considering the countless dramatic cases of removal ongoing. This research reflects on the challenges and new practices addressing the urban requalification and land regularization of these settlements, focusing on Brazil and Portugal, valuing and recognizing the material and symbolic self-production of these territories.
PURPOSES . The research seeks a critical reflection on: (i) the diversity of popular housing and self-produced territories (BR and PT); ii) the main public policy, programs and projects; iii) the insurgent practices from sociospatial groups; (iv) the professional, training and university extension practices that acknowledge the local demands, taking in account their rights to housing and to the city; (v) the intervention paradigms (institutional and academic) (vi) the pedagogical renewal on this theme, specially in the field of architecture and urbanism. The scientific job follows the post-doctorate developed in the framework of Africa Habitat Project, with similar objectives, focused on emancipatory practices in Brazil and Angola.