Squat to Work. Squatted Workspaces, the Commons and Solidarity Economies in Europe

<span class="abs_content">Inspired by recuperated enterprises in Latin America, squatted workspaces have emerged across Southern Europe in the aftermath of the 2008 crisis. Using the literature on European squatting, the concept of the commons and an action research in a squatted wor...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:2f24fc6728344a5b9d9b00138f8467c82021-11-21T15:11:42ZSquat to Work. Squatted Workspaces, the Commons and Solidarity Economies in Europe1972-76232035-660910.1285/i20356609v13i3p1252https://doaj.org/article/2f24fc6728344a5b9d9b00138f8467c82020-11-01T00:00:00Zhttp://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco/article/view/23045https://doaj.org/toc/1972-7623https://doaj.org/toc/2035-6609<span class="abs_content">Inspired by recuperated enterprises in Latin America, squatted workspaces have emerged across Southern Europe in the aftermath of the 2008 crisis. Using the literature on European squatting, the concept of the commons and an action research in a squatted workspace in Milan, Italy, the paper explores the re-emergence of this type of squatting and its relation to solidarity economies in contemporary Europe. The paper examines how precarious workers have used squatting to establish self-managed workspaces to access income and to reinvent work and economic relations beyond capitalism. The paper also investigates the ambivalent role of squatting in supporting the establishment of solidarity economies.</span><br />Luca CalafatiCoordinamento SIBAarticlecommonsrecuperated enterprisesself-managementsocial and solidarity economiessquatted workspacesPolitical science (General)JA1-92ENPartecipazione e Conflitto, Vol 13, Iss 3, Pp 1252-1268 (2020)
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topic commons
recuperated enterprises
self-management
social and solidarity economies
squatted workspaces
Political science (General)
JA1-92
spellingShingle commons
recuperated enterprises
self-management
social and solidarity economies
squatted workspaces
Political science (General)
JA1-92
Luca Calafati
Squat to Work. Squatted Workspaces, the Commons and Solidarity Economies in Europe
description <span class="abs_content">Inspired by recuperated enterprises in Latin America, squatted workspaces have emerged across Southern Europe in the aftermath of the 2008 crisis. Using the literature on European squatting, the concept of the commons and an action research in a squatted workspace in Milan, Italy, the paper explores the re-emergence of this type of squatting and its relation to solidarity economies in contemporary Europe. The paper examines how precarious workers have used squatting to establish self-managed workspaces to access income and to reinvent work and economic relations beyond capitalism. The paper also investigates the ambivalent role of squatting in supporting the establishment of solidarity economies.</span><br />
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author Luca Calafati
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title Squat to Work. Squatted Workspaces, the Commons and Solidarity Economies in Europe
title_short Squat to Work. Squatted Workspaces, the Commons and Solidarity Economies in Europe
title_full Squat to Work. Squatted Workspaces, the Commons and Solidarity Economies in Europe
title_fullStr Squat to Work. Squatted Workspaces, the Commons and Solidarity Economies in Europe
title_full_unstemmed Squat to Work. Squatted Workspaces, the Commons and Solidarity Economies in Europe
title_sort squat to work. squatted workspaces, the commons and solidarity economies in europe
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