From the Illegal Occupation of Land to the Emergence of Settlements: The Social and Political Movement of Homeless Settlers in the Peri-Urban Areas of Santiago during the 1960s and 1970s
De tomas de terreno a campamentos: movimiento social y político de los pobladores sin casa, durante las décadas del 60 y 70, en la periferia urbana de Santiago de Chile
Author
Sepúlveda Swatson, Daniela
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https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/6208710.5354/0718-8358.1998.62087
Abstract
This paper deals with the organized illegal appropriation of land which resulted in illegal squatters in Santiago-Chile during the 60's and 70's. The hypothesis being that such illegal squatters are originally the result of a social movement, which then becomes political and is essentially different to other initiatives by the homeless in their search for a solution to their housing problem. This has meant the creation of settlements in the outskirts of the city. El presente artículo da cuenta del proceso de tomas de terreno organizadas, que dieron origen a la formación de campamentos en Santiago de Chile, durante las décadas 60 y 70, planteando la hipótesis de que los señalados campamentos surgen, en su origen producto de un movimiento social, que luego se transforma en político y que difiere substancialmente de otras iniciativas de los sin casa, en la búsqueda de soluciones al problema habitacional, marcando un poblamiento hacia las periferias de la ciudad.