Abstract
A través de una aproximación etnográfica a un movimiento de oposición a la turistificación en Barcelona, este artículo enmarca las acciones de los movimientos sociales en contextos urbanos dentro de la consideración de la ciudad como parte fundamental de la esfera productiva en las sociedades capitalistas y de la conformación de clases sociales. El barrio del Poblenou ha visto como la plataforma #EnsPlantem: Veïns en Perill d’Extinció enfrenta un incremento de los precios en la vivienda, cambios en la fisionomía tradicional del área y la privatización of sus espacios urbanos como una manifestación del proceso de reestructuración del capital. El resultado de la investigación ha sido posible gracias a un trabajo de campo de casi dos años.
Highlights
On the evening of May 20, 2016, an improvised assembly, a significant group of people sitting on the ground, in the Rambla of Poblenou in Barcelona got the attention of the passers-by
A group of three women, activists with considerable experience in social movements in the neighbourhood, had decided to organise an informal meeting just a few days earlier, through email lists, WhatsApp groups, flyers and word of mouth among different and varied collectives and people making up the social fabric of Poblenou. #EnsPlantem, Veïns in Perill d’Extinció was born
Taking the opportunity provided by these kind of emergent organised initiatives aiming to reduce the effects of tourism in this neighbourhood, this article will highlight the relation between social movements and the consideration of cities as important elements in the contemporary capitalist productive sphere (Kling and Posner, 1990)
Summary
On the evening of May 20, 2016, an improvised assembly, a significant group of people sitting on the ground, in the Rambla of Poblenou in Barcelona got the attention of the passers-by. Aspects which previously were not linked to the market, like intellectual property rights, certain cultural expressions, the urban space itself or the environment, stand as new protagonists that help perpetuating aggressive processes of commodification and dispossession (Harvey, 2007). This intensification capital action is accompanied by an extensification thereof; that is, its expansion towards geographical areas – countries, regions, cities, neighbourhoods- that, until that point, had stayed away from it (Robinson, 2004; Mansilla, 2018). Taking the opportunity provided by these kind of emergent organised initiatives aiming to reduce the effects of tourism in this neighbourhood, this article will highlight the relation between social movements and the consideration of cities as important elements in the contemporary capitalist productive sphere (Kling and Posner, 1990)
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