The politics of the makeshift city: materiality, symbolic boundaries, and social relations in squatter settlements in Latin America (Interview with María José Álvarez Rivadulla)

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Authors: Vašát, Petr
Petr Vašát (PV): Maria, first of all, thank you for meeting with me. For our interview, I have prepared questions spanning from informal urbanism to building techniques to politics. Some of these questions are more related to research, while some are more about urban development....
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Na jedné lodi. Globalizace a bezdomovectví v českém městě

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Authors: Vašát, Petr
Kniha je interdisciplinární a multimetodologickou studií bezdomovectví v Česku. Autor v ní čtenáři ukazuje, jak se bezdomovectví zhmotňuje na průsečíku politickoekonomických faktorů, jako jsou demokratizace společnosti nebo integrace do globální ekonomiky, a specifických doprovod...
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Quasi-household economy: Rethinking homelessness in post-socialist Pilsen and beyond

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Authors: Vašát, Petr
The paper repositions homelessness in existing cities by highlighting the importance of transformative economic agency. Relying on a combination of long-term ethnographic research in the city of Pilsen, a traditional industrial second-order city in Czechia, and political–economic...
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The ecology of surface: Within and beyond communities in transformation through macro-paintings

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Authors: Fernández, Alejandra, Petr Vašát
Macro-paintings have become a popular tool used by various actors to uplift marginalized communities in cities of the global South by transforming their physical environments. These actors operate under the assumption that improving the material conditions of these communities wi...
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Co nám slumy mohou říct o bezdomovectví? Urbánní chudoba v době nové globální ekonomiky

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Authors: Vašát, Petr
Over the past few years, the topic of social housing has dominated the Czech professional and non-professional debate on homelessness. All experts agree that social housing in the Czech Republic is a necessity. However, one dangerous theme circulates in the discussion: homelessne...
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Making city-bases: homeless places, poverty management, and urban change in Pilsen, Czechia

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Authors: Vašát, Petr
The article explores how homeless people make places in the public space, while revealing some of the overlooked effects these places may have on the wider city. The article relies on extensive ethnographic research and media coverage analysis of a place called Eskalátory...
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