Papers by Valeria Raimondi
Citizenship Studies, 2019
This article analysis the socio-political form of the migrant squats, and the socio-spatial inter... more This article analysis the socio-political form of the migrant squats, and the socio-spatial interactions they foster and generate. Drawing on empirical research, it focuses on the Athenian context where, since September 2015, political groups belonging to the anti-authoritarian and Left-libertarian movement, occupied some empty buildings to host migrants in transit through the country. From a political perspective, the squats are interpreted here as strategies of struggle to gain access to the space of the city and they also constitute instances of migrant activism and resistance to the European border regime. Moreover, migrant occupations represent practices and sites for contesting citizenship, intended as a category of political status; as such, they exceed the limits of this category and move beyond the boundaries of the nation-state, originating practices of citizenship 'from below', while at the same time they produce subjectivities that choose to 'opt out' of citizenship as a legal status. This article is situated within the contextualisation of space and autonomy. Migrant squats are looked at from the angle of the 'gaze of autonomy', since they are aimed both at contesting citizenship as an exclusionary feature, and at revindicating the activists' (both migrants and non) presence in the space of city.
Citizenship Studies, 2019
This article analyses the socio-political form of the migrant squats, and the socio-spatial inter... more This article analyses the socio-political form of the migrant squats, and the socio-spatial interactions they foster and generate. Drawing on empirical research, it focuses on the Athenian context where, since September 2015, political groups belonging to the anti-authoritarian and Left-libertarian movement, occupied some empty buildings to host migrants in transit through the country. From a political perspec- tive, the squats are interpreted here as strategies of struggle to gain access to the space of the city and they also constitute instances of migrant activism and resistance to the European border regime. Moreover, migrant occupations represent practices and sites for con- testing citizenship, intended as a category of political status; as such, they exceed the limits of this category and move beyond the bound- aries of the nation-state, originating practices of citizenship ‘from below’, while at the same time they produce subjectivities that choose to ‘opt out’ of citizenship as a legal status. This article is situated within the contextualisation of space and autonomy. Migrant squats are looked at from the angle of the ‘gaze of autonomy’, since they are aimed both at contesting citizenship as an exclusionary feature, and at revindicating the activists’ (both migrants and non) presence in the space of city.
Envisaging L'Aquila. Strategies, spatialities and sociabilities of a recovering city, 2018
In this chapter we discuss the ongoing reconstruction process of L'Aquila with a focus on the str... more In this chapter we discuss the ongoing reconstruction process of L'Aquila with a focus on the strategies put in place for its future growth as a 'knowledge-driven city'. The chapter provides insight into the institutions that characterise L'Aquila as a potential city of knowledge, with a particular focus on the effects induced by the spatial location of major institutions within the urban system.
The reflection grows from two assumptions: first, that the urban structure is influenced by synergic patterns built by research institutes and local institutions, and second, that the educational institutes and the host city mutually exchange cultural, social and economic benefits.
The materialization of a border: the case of the Inter-Entity Boundary Line in Sarajevo.
The arti... more The materialization of a border: the case of the Inter-Entity Boundary Line in Sarajevo.
The article deals with the socio-spatial outcomes of the establishment, in 1995, of the Inter-Entity Boundary Line in
Sarajevo, and the consequent creation ex novo of a Serbian opposite city. The aim is to investigate the implications of the drawing of the boundary on the social and physical structure of the city, arguing that the consequent territorial division in the last twenty years led to the (permanent) fragmentation of the urban space and to the attempt of reaffirming the single national identities.
Drafts by Valeria Raimondi
Workshop theme: Recently, scholars have brought attention to urban forms of displacement that aff... more Workshop theme: Recently, scholars have brought attention to urban forms of displacement that affect differently politicized subjects beyond the general division of "migrants" and "citizens" (Darling, 2017; De Genova et al., 2021). Migrants, and some who are formally citizens, are increasingly affected by various forms of internal and urban displacements, such as evictions and homelessness (cf. Soederberg, 2018). This workshop addresses practices of displacement at different scales, interpreted through the concept of "evictability" (van Baar, 2017). While eviction refers to the organized removal of people through forfeiture, confiscation or destruction of property, "evictability" (analogous to "deportability") refers to the state of constantly being threatened by such practices. Defined as "the possibility of being removed from a sheltering space" (van Baar, 2017, 214), "evictability" has been introduced to highlight
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Papers by Valeria Raimondi
The reflection grows from two assumptions: first, that the urban structure is influenced by synergic patterns built by research institutes and local institutions, and second, that the educational institutes and the host city mutually exchange cultural, social and economic benefits.
The article deals with the socio-spatial outcomes of the establishment, in 1995, of the Inter-Entity Boundary Line in
Sarajevo, and the consequent creation ex novo of a Serbian opposite city. The aim is to investigate the implications of the drawing of the boundary on the social and physical structure of the city, arguing that the consequent territorial division in the last twenty years led to the (permanent) fragmentation of the urban space and to the attempt of reaffirming the single national identities.
Drafts by Valeria Raimondi
The reflection grows from two assumptions: first, that the urban structure is influenced by synergic patterns built by research institutes and local institutions, and second, that the educational institutes and the host city mutually exchange cultural, social and economic benefits.
The article deals with the socio-spatial outcomes of the establishment, in 1995, of the Inter-Entity Boundary Line in
Sarajevo, and the consequent creation ex novo of a Serbian opposite city. The aim is to investigate the implications of the drawing of the boundary on the social and physical structure of the city, arguing that the consequent territorial division in the last twenty years led to the (permanent) fragmentation of the urban space and to the attempt of reaffirming the single national identities.