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Insurgent Citizens. Rochina: Largest favela in Rio. What is Insurgent Citizenship?. Insurgency: an uprising against constituted authority. Citizenship: a measure of differences and means of distancing people from another. Insurgency; Military Dimension. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Insurgent CitizensInsurgent Citizens
Rochina: Largest favela in Rio Rochina: Largest favela in Rio
What is Insurgent Citizenship?What is Insurgent Citizenship?
Insurgency: an uprising against constituted authority.
Citizenship: a measure of differences and means of distancing people from another.
Insurgency: an uprising against constituted authority.
Citizenship: a measure of differences and means of distancing people from another.
Insurgent Citizenship: More Widespread than a single region
Insurgent Citizenship: More Widespread than a single region
Sudan Liberation MovementsSudan Liberation Movements
Creation of Insurgent Citizens)Creation of Insurgent Citizens) Social Factors Economic Factors Political Factors
Social Factors Economic Factors Political Factors
Vertical Favela Vertical Favela
Social FactorsSocial Factors Inequality of land ownership
Movimiento Sem Terra (MST) Cityward Migration
Religion : in Latin America Catholic Church and
Evangelical Movements
Increasingly youthful demographics
Urban crime.
Inequality of land ownership Movimiento Sem Terra (MST) Cityward Migration
Religion : in Latin America Catholic Church and
Evangelical Movements
Increasingly youthful demographics
Urban crime.
Economics FactorsEconomics Factors Economic opportunities lead to a massive influx of rural migrants Overcrowding results Brazil - export-oriented nature of does not favor the rise of
organized labor Unskilled workers often in informal economy Income
Low Per-capita income High wealth inequality
Economic opportunities lead to a massive influx of rural migrants Overcrowding results Brazil - export-oriented nature of does not favor the rise of
organized labor Unskilled workers often in informal economy Income
Low Per-capita income High wealth inequality
Political FactorsPolitical Factors Urban development programs increase attractiveness of cities Urban planning hapzard
Contributes to the concentration of the poor in the favelas Favela residents become insurgent citizens
In Brazil Post 1985 democratization increases influence of insurgent citizens Rise of Lula and the Workers Party
Urban development programs increase attractiveness of cities Urban planning hapzard
Contributes to the concentration of the poor in the favelas Favela residents become insurgent citizens
In Brazil Post 1985 democratization increases influence of insurgent citizens Rise of Lula and the Workers Party
Methods of action/ mobilization employed by
insurgent citizens
Methods of action/ mobilization employed by
insurgent citizens
What triggers mobilizations?What triggers mobilizations?
Urban struggle Occupying land as
squatters Building dwellings Conflict over obtaining
services
Labor struggles not as important as supposed
Urban struggle Occupying land as
squatters Building dwellings Conflict over obtaining
services
Labor struggles not as important as supposed
What does this mean?What does this mean? Mostly rural area has become mostly urban Simultaneously, we live in an era of unprecedented global democratization during which
the number of electoral democracies has doubled since 1970, increasing in just 30 years from 33 to 63 % of the world's sovereign states.
combined developments in particular places produce a remarkably similar condition worldwide: most city people live in impoverished urban peripheries in various conditions of illegal and irregular residence, around urban centers that benefit from their services and their poverty.
Yet this new urbanism also generates a characteristic response worldwide: precisely in these peripheries, residents organize movements of insurgent citizenship to confront the entrenched regimes of citizen inequality that the urban centers use to segregate them.
Mostly rural area has become mostly urban Simultaneously, we live in an era of unprecedented global democratization during which
the number of electoral democracies has doubled since 1970, increasing in just 30 years from 33 to 63 % of the world's sovereign states.
combined developments in particular places produce a remarkably similar condition worldwide: most city people live in impoverished urban peripheries in various conditions of illegal and irregular residence, around urban centers that benefit from their services and their poverty.
Yet this new urbanism also generates a characteristic response worldwide: precisely in these peripheries, residents organize movements of insurgent citizenship to confront the entrenched regimes of citizen inequality that the urban centers use to segregate them.
Critical actions of Insurgent citizensCritical actions of Insurgent citizens
Auto-construction Protests Petition Crime & violence
Auto-construction Protests Petition Crime & violence
What do they wish to achieve?What do they wish to achieve?
Change urbanization of their
neighborhoods, forcing the state to provide infrastructure and access to health services, schools, and child care
Equal rights/voice against elites
Representation
Change urbanization of their
neighborhoods, forcing the state to provide infrastructure and access to health services, schools, and child care
Equal rights/voice against elites
Representation
Insurgent Citizens’ PowerInsurgent Citizens’ Power
Power of the insurgent movement is based on the size of the movement
The more cohesive the movement, the better chance they have at gaining social change
Power of the insurgent movement is based on the size of the movement
The more cohesive the movement, the better chance they have at gaining social change
More influential than institutional reforms?
More influential than institutional reforms?
There are many examples of insurgent citizens changing the climate of the favela
Rio de Janiero is an example in the fight against corrupt police and gangs
There are many examples of insurgent citizens changing the climate of the favela
Rio de Janiero is an example in the fight against corrupt police and gangs
Still a long road ahead…Still a long road ahead…
Conditions in the favelas in Brazil ( and all Latin American shantytowns) remain poor conditions
Citizens (even when they turn “insurgent”) do not have the same privileges as those in the urban centers of the cities
Success in gaining full rights remains the exception
Conditions in the favelas in Brazil ( and all Latin American shantytowns) remain poor conditions
Citizens (even when they turn “insurgent”) do not have the same privileges as those in the urban centers of the cities
Success in gaining full rights remains the exception
Insurgent Citizens Data from Sao PauloInsurgent Citizens
Data from Sao Paulo
Shaped by the tradition of being forced to the outskirts of the urban area
Strive to build a future with a new type of citizenry Some evidence that the quality of life in city is improving
because of the emergence of insurgent citizens
Shaped by the tradition of being forced to the outskirts of the urban area
Strive to build a future with a new type of citizenry Some evidence that the quality of life in city is improving
because of the emergence of insurgent citizens