2019 Planning for Transition, Venice 9-13th July

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    The role of the university in the promotion of sociospatial justice
    (AESOP, 2019) Álvarez de Andrés, Eva; Falleiros Frare, Ulises
    In 2016, The New Urban Agenda adopted in Quito recognized the persistence of multiple forms of poverty, increasing inequalities and environmental degradation as the greatest obstacles to the sustainable development of cities around the world. In this paper, it is argued that, to begin to address these challenges, it is necessary to transform the formative itineraries of the disciplines linked to the production of the city. Likewise, it advocates the incorporation of socio-spatial justice and environmental sustainability as fundamental approaches into their curricula in order to respond effectively to the challenges of cities in the 21st century. In this sense, this work presents an innovative action-research-learning initiative to incorporate the socio-spatial justice approach in the context of urban planning education. A review of theoretical approaches has been done in relation to the role of the university in the promotion of socio-spatial justice, from which an analytical framework has been developed. This analytical framework is applied to a innovative challenge-driven practices in Brazil. The research shows the actions carried out from the university in order to make visible the difficulties as well as the capacities of a community excluded from making their rights effective. Throughout these experiences, the importance of the co-production of knowledge (as a result of a collaborative work between the university and vulnerable communities) is shown, as well as the need for the university to put training and research activities at the service of society and, in particular, of social justice and not of other interests.
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    The self-build housing in Madrid (Spain): 40 years of struggle
    (AESOP, 2019) Álvarez de Andrés, Eva
    In a context of increasing commoditization and financialization of housing and the city as a whole, the self-construction of "informal" housing has constituted an alternative in many countries both in the North and in the Global South, however precarious it may be, for those who have been excluded from the "formal" system. Although these forms of production tend to be considered residual in the Global North, they keep creating dissident spaces that interrupt the process of accumulation of capital and challenge the private property, which is one of the fundamental pillars of capitalism. This article analyzes the policies and actions carried out in Madrid (Spain), from 1978 to 2018, in relation to self-built settlements. This analysis shows how the policies and actions carried out have been determined by the place occupied by the affected community, both physical and social, as well as by the way that community is linked to the rest of the power structures. Information regarding historical cases has been collected from existing official documentation, as well as through interviews with the actors involved in them. An analysis of current policies has also been carried out through action-research carried out in a self-built settlement for three years. The information collected has been processed through an analytical framework based on the Giddens’ approach, with a focus on the role of two key actors: the state and the community (allocative structures and authoritative structures). It is considered that this work contributes to assess the achievements of innovative community-based practices, such as the "Plan de Remodelación de Barrios" as well as the results of such practices in terms of satisfaction of community needs and of deeper structural changes.