Social movements fighting for housing in Brazil are traditionally recognized for their occupation of abandoned buildings and fields on empty land located in large cities (Gohn, 1991; Tatagiba et al., 2012). In Rio de Janeiro, however, social museums located in favelas and communities at risk of removal can be understood as important action repertoires in the struggle for housing.
From research conducted in two of these spaces - Removals Museum in Vila Autódromo and Horto Museum in the Community of Horto - this article explores how the categories memory, belonging and life history are used as tools of resistance and permanence of communities.
The Removal Museum was created amidst the removals made during the city's preparation for the 2016 Olympic Games and is directly related to the struggle for permanence and against removals. Activists use the ruins left in the territory, photographs and oral history to demonstrate their life story on the site.
The Horto Museum was also born from the fight against removals, which have been threatened for over a decade. The museum, in addition, is an important tool for raising awareness of the region's own residents, who come to know more about the history of the neighbourhood from the information exposed by the initiative.
This paper presents the results of an extensive research conducted with these two Museums, seeking to present them as daily coping strategies adopted by social housing movements carried out in both neighbourhoods.
Social movements fighting for housing in Brazil are traditionally recognized for their occupation of abandoned buildings and fields on empty land located in large cities (Gohn, 1991; Tatagiba et al., 2012). In Rio de Janeiro, however, social museums located in favelas and communities at risk of removal can be understood as important action repertoires in the struggle for housing.
From research conducted in two of these spaces - Removals Museum in Vila Autódromo and Horto Museum in the Community of Horto - this article explores how the categories memory, belonging and life history are used as tools of resistance and permanence of communities.
The Removal Museum was created amidst the removals made during the city's preparation for the 2016 Olympic Games and is directly related to the struggle for permanence and against removals. Activists use the ruins left in the territory, photographs and oral history to demonstrate their life story on the site.
The Horto Museum was also born from the fight against removals, which have been threatened for over a decade. The museum, in addition, is an important tool for raising awareness of the region's own residents, who come to know more about the history of the neighbourhood from the information exposed by the initiative.
This paper presents the results of an extensive research conducted with these two Museums, seeking to present them as daily coping strategies adopted by social housing movements carried out in both neighbourhoods.
Social movements fighting for housing in Brazil are traditionally recognized for their occupation of abandoned buildings and fields on empty land located in large cities (Gohn, 1991; Tatagiba et al., 2012). In Rio de Janeiro, however, social museums located in favelas and communities at risk of removal can be understood as important action repertoires in the struggle for housing.
From research conducted in two of these spaces - Removals Museum in Vila Autódromo and Horto Museum in the Community of Horto - this article explores how the categories memory, belonging and life history are used as tools of resistance and permanence of communities.
The Removal Museum was created amidst the removals made during the city's preparation for the 2016 Olympic Games and is directly related to the struggle for permanence and against removals. Activists use the ruins left in the territory, photographs and oral history to demonstrate their life story on the site.
The Horto Museum was also born from the fight against removals, which have been threatened for over a decade. The museum, in addition, is an important tool for raising awareness of the region's own residents, who come to know more about the history of the neighbourhood from the information exposed by the initiative.
This paper presents the results of an extensive research conducted with these two Museums, seeking to present them as daily coping strategies adopted by social housing movements carried out in both neighbourhoods.
Keywords
housing
memory
social movements
social museums
