P10 - Housing loss and insecurity (2021)

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Panel 10 - Housing loss and insecurity: research, resistance and solidarity

Convenor: Caterina Sartori (Royal Anthropological Institute)

Short abstract: This panel calls for papers engaging with the loss of housing and with housing insecurity, and with the way researchers, artists, residents and activist mobilise audio-visual tools to make sense of this predicament.

Papers:

• ‘Making sense’ of displacement through collaborative filmmaking
  Author: Robert Deakin (Goldsmiths)

• The Place Under the Bridge: A Photo-ethnography of a Temporary Dwelling
  Author: Sydney Silverstein (Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University)

• Through the lens: Housing insecurities and resilience in East London and East Jerusalem
  Author: Manal Massalha

• Living Rooms: dwelling, displacement and refusal on a South London housing estate
  Author: Caterina Sartori

A live discussion with the contributors will take place on Zoom on Sunday 21 March, 14:00 - 14:50 UTC. Find the papers’ abstracts and a link to join the live discussion here.

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