Renegotiations of temporalities due to state-enforced relocation of informal settlements in Montevideo
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https://doi.org/10.29166/csociales.v1i48.8495Keywords:
Planned relocation, Temporalities, Rhythms, Informal Settlement, Territory of waitingAbstract
In the context of everyday practices in informal settlements, temporal conflicts with state actors inevitably arise. In addition to the rhythms of the residents and the state, this article incorporates other relevant temporalities, such as those of the market and those related to environmental disasters. By focusing on amplified temporal collisions and the renegotiations between hegemonic and originary temporalities (Iparraguirre, 2022), this study explores the case of a partial relocation in Montevideo, in an area considered to be at environmental risk, through its spatial-temporal complexity. This article will demonstrate, on one hand, how originary temporalities in informal settlements are produced and may be perpetuated, and how they can counter hegemonic notions of time. On the other hand, it will show how urban policies can transform settlements into territories of waiting (Musset & Vidal, 2016) and further intensify the collision of temporal rhythms through state-enforced relocation.
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