Activist Co-production for the Right to Occupy, Hold Ground, and Upgrade

Ana Paula Pimentel Walker; María Arquero de Alarcón; Abigail Friendly; Benedito Roberto Barbosa; Marilene Ribeiro de Souza; Sheila Cristiane Santos Nobre

doi:10.1177/14730952231213952

Activist Co-production for the Right to Occupy, Hold Ground, and Upgrade

Ana Paula Pimentel Walker, María Arquero de Alarcón, Abigail Friendly, Benedito Roberto Barbosa, Marilene Ribeiro de Souza, Sheila Cristiane Santos Nobre

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Abstract

This article theorises a multi-year participatory action research engagement focusing on young land occupations and consolidated favelas in São Paulo’s south periphery, providing an arsenal of tools for activist-scholars. Building on Paulo Freire's legacy, we call on academia to embrace activist co-production, learn from and support informal dwellers’ everyday urbanisms, and join social movements’ struggles for social transformation. We advance three modalities of action: awareness raising through emancipatory education and capacity building; articulatção through knowledge exchange between young and consolidated informal communities; and advocacy through policy reform for the right to occupy, hold ground, and upgrade.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	324-355
Number of pages	32
Journal	Planning Theory
Volume	23
Issue number	4
Early online date	31 Jan 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/14730952231213952
Publication status	Published - Nov 2024

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The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Prototyping Tomorrow and Pressing Matters Grants from the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, The University of Michigan, the Catalyst Grant from the Graham Sustainability Institute, The University of Michigan, Dow Chemical Company Distinguished Award, The University of Michigan, Ford College Community Challenge Award, Ford Motor Company, International Center Experiential Learning Fund, The University of Michigan and Ford Foundation-Latin American Studies Association Special Projects Award.

Funders	Funder number
Ford Foundation-Latin American Studies Association
Graham Sustainability Institute
International Center Experiential Learning Fund
Ford Motor Company
Dow Chemical Company
University of Michigan
Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning

Keywords

activist-scholar co-production
just city
participatory action research
social movements
testimony

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