Marginal Uncertainties Making a Living and Working on the Outskirts of Milan
In this article we question the meanings and social practices related to living and working in the Social Housing neighbourhoods of Milan’s present-day suburbs. Through the reconstruction of several narratives, we shed light on how uncertainty characterises the professional everyday lives of those s...
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| description | In this article we question the meanings and social practices related to living and working in the Social Housing neighbourhoods of Milan’s present-day suburbs. Through the reconstruction of several narratives, we shed light on how uncertainty characterises the professional everyday lives of those social actors who play a particularly significant role in Milan’s complex arena of social housing management (social workers; bailiffs; inspectors; “trouble-solvers”). Isolation, neglect and conflict are the main terms used by the social actors, both to describe the ongoing housing precarity of those who are at risk of losing their homes and to frame the current conditions of social housing. These represent crucial interpretative keys for developing a thick understanding of the housing crisis.
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| spelling | doaj-art-f455a475c1f64b16a84656d472e05c242025-02-04T03:45:01ZengCLUEBEtnoAntropologia2284-01762017-07-0151Marginal Uncertainties Making a Living and Working on the Outskirts of MilanGiacomo Pozzi0Luca Rimoldi1University of Milano-BicoccaUniversity of Milano-BicoccaIn this article we question the meanings and social practices related to living and working in the Social Housing neighbourhoods of Milan’s present-day suburbs. Through the reconstruction of several narratives, we shed light on how uncertainty characterises the professional everyday lives of those social actors who play a particularly significant role in Milan’s complex arena of social housing management (social workers; bailiffs; inspectors; “trouble-solvers”). Isolation, neglect and conflict are the main terms used by the social actors, both to describe the ongoing housing precarity of those who are at risk of losing their homes and to frame the current conditions of social housing. These represent crucial interpretative keys for developing a thick understanding of the housing crisis. https://rivisteclueb.it/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/238AnthropologyUrban EthnographySocial WorkersEvictionsMilan |
| spellingShingle | Giacomo Pozzi Luca Rimoldi Marginal Uncertainties Making a Living and Working on the Outskirts of Milan EtnoAntropologia Anthropology Urban Ethnography Social Workers Evictions Milan |
| title | Marginal Uncertainties Making a Living and Working on the Outskirts of Milan |
| title_full | Marginal Uncertainties Making a Living and Working on the Outskirts of Milan |
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| title_short | Marginal Uncertainties Making a Living and Working on the Outskirts of Milan |
| title_sort | marginal uncertainties making a living and working on the outskirts of milan |
| topic | Anthropology Urban Ethnography Social Workers Evictions Milan |
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