Marginal Uncertainties Making a Living and Working on the Outskirts of Milan

<p align="justify"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-GB">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...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Giacomo Pozzi, Luca Rimoldi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CLUEB 2017-07-01
Series:EtnoAntropologia
Subjects:
Online Access:http://www.rivisteclueb.it/riviste/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/238
_version_ 1819171267876487168
author Giacomo Pozzi
Luca Rimoldi
author_facet Giacomo Pozzi
Luca Rimoldi
author_sort Giacomo Pozzi
collection DOAJ
description <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-GB">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.</span></span></p>
first_indexed 2024-12-22T19:48:35Z
format Article
id doaj.art-d745b0af56c54f8abcc9228af15e4458
institution Directory Open Access Journal
issn 2284-0176
language English
last_indexed 2024-12-22T19:48:35Z
publishDate 2017-07-01
publisher CLUEB
record_format Article
series EtnoAntropologia
spelling doaj.art-d745b0af56c54f8abcc9228af15e44582022-12-21T18:14:38ZengCLUEBEtnoAntropologia2284-01762017-07-01519510810.1473/234215Marginal Uncertainties Making a Living and Working on the Outskirts of MilanGiacomo Pozzi0Luca Rimoldi1University of Milano-BicoccaUniversity of Milano-Bicocca<p align="justify"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="en-GB">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.</span></span></p>http://www.rivisteclueb.it/riviste/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
title_fullStr Marginal Uncertainties Making a Living and Working on the Outskirts of Milan
title_full_unstemmed Marginal Uncertainties Making a Living and Working on the Outskirts of Milan
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
url http://www.rivisteclueb.it/riviste/index.php/etnoantropologia/article/view/238
work_keys_str_mv AT giacomopozzi marginaluncertaintiesmakingalivingandworkingontheoutskirtsofmilan
AT lucarimoldi marginaluncertaintiesmakingalivingandworkingontheoutskirtsofmilan