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Contesting Vacancy Occupat ation of urban an vacan ant spac ace e as a tactic of housi sing activism sm Tommy Gavin, PhD Candidate Supervisor: Dr. Cian OCallaghan Topic Housing-focused social movements The emergence and
Occupat ation of urban an vacan ant spac ace e as a tactic
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Tommy Gavin, PhD Candidate Supervisor: Dr. Cian O’Callaghan
Housing-focused social movements
The emergence and development
Vacant space in the capitalist city
Vacancy meanwhile is under-theorised. Occupation-based practices are widespread, and are increasingly being analysed from a spatial perspective.
Case study approach focusing on Dublin, with additional comparative cases in one or two other cities. Empirical investigation of occupation-based engagements with urban vacancy in Dublin, tracing their emergence and development. Analysing vacancy as a feature of property relations and what is revealed when it is challenged
Case study approach focusing on Dublin, with additional comparative cases in one or two other cities.
How have occupation-based strategies engaged with vacant urban space, and how can they contribute to our understanding of urban vacancy in the capitalist city.
based practices have emerged and developed.
shape these practices and investigate how these conceptions change as a result of these practices.
address vacancy and their relationship with activist engagements. `
vacancy, and urban development trends generally, through the analysis of these engagements.
Occupations and housing activism
O’Callaghan, C: Governing vacancy will be a key feature of post-crisis urbanisation. Ferreri, M: Vacancy and re-use as feature of the precarious city. Burkhol
: Vacancy as reserve of urban shrinkage and expansion. Blom
: Property as a set of relations.
Theorising urban vacancy
Vasudevan, A: Occupation-based practices as spatial politics. Lopez, M.A. A.M: Occupation-based practices as output of urban relations and processes. Garcia ia-Lamarca: : Occupation-based practices as urban insurgency.
Urban Political Economy
: Housing must be central to critical urban studies, due to its extensive financialisation. Punch, M: Housing provision in the Irish context.
Housing Studies
Harvey, D: Urbanization of capital as a space-shaping process. Smit ith, N: Rent gap as driver of gentrification. Lefebvre, H: (Social) space as a (social ) product.
Interviews with key stakeholders on key sites.
from relevant public bodies
Freedom of Information access is not tied to epistemic and
in research projects of all types, and at all phases of those projects. Data obtained by a FOIA request can both complement and contextualise data obtained using other collection methods, enriching and adding validity to the conclusions that can be drawn from a piece of research. Ashley Savage & Richard Hyde (2014) Using freedom of information requests to facilitate research, International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 17:3, 303-317
Sketching the Dublin case
“At a time when so many families are at risk of homelessness and a government cut
somebody needs to take action. That’s what the Bolt Hostel has done. They have shown that you can re-open derelict spaces for public good.
— Press Release 27th July 2015, Dublin Central Housing Action and the Irish Housing Network
August 2018 May 2018
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. Lawton (2016). "Temporary solutions? Vacant space policy and strategies for re-use in Dublin." Irish Geography 48(1): 69-87.
Research Methodology 17(3): 303-317.
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