| Autor: |
Procupez, Valeria |
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Current Anthropology; Oct2015 Supplement, Vol. 56 Issue S11, pS55-S65, 11p |
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In this paper I explore the attempt to organize in order to secure permanent housing among poor urban families in Buenos Aires who reside temporarily in government-subsidized welfare hotels. My aim is to examine the passage that appears to take place between the ever-present tropes of "need" (and being assisted) and of "patience" (and being an activist in an autonomous and project-oriented movement) in the families' experience of time as they embark collectively in this endeavor. I argue that as activists strive to move away from the subject position of asistido into which social programs seem to place them, they assume a political engagement that requires "patience," a kind of work necessary for overriding the feeling of urgency often connected with a condition of need. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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