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CALL FOR PAPERS – AAG Annual meeting (Honolulu, Hawaii)
Session Title: Being Vulnerable in Latin American cities
Session organisers:
Maria Jesus Alfaro-Simmonds (University of Huddersfield)
Natan Waintrub (Center for Sustainable Urban Development, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile)
The deep-rooted segregation and inequality from which Latin American cities suffer have resulted in a historical exclusion of vulnerable groups. Children, young people, women, older population, people with disabilities, people living in poverty, the LGBTIQA+ community, migrants, and refugees are often forced to endure challenging urban experiences. Cities in the region, currently acting to integrate these vulnerable groups, are also challenged by weak institutional capacity leading to political, social and economic instability, and more recently, by concerns regarding climate change, increased vulnerability to natural hazards, higher rates of unemployment, and the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. All of which undermine opportunities for sustainability and diminish the quality of life.
Such changes expose vulnerable groups to disproportionate hardship and risks resulting in urban exclusion, reproduced in social, economic, cultural and geographical isolation and/or displacement. The urban poor, migrants and those living in informal settlements are left to flourish with a limited adaptive capacity, deprived of urban resources (Zapata-Campos, 2022; Figueroa, 2023). The young, old and disabled populations are often overexposed to global changes, such as the adoption of technologies that neglect their needs (Garcia-Martin & Garcia-Sanchez, 2022), and public spaces that fail to include them (Herrmann-Lunecke et al., 2021; Alfaro-Simmonds, 2021; Waintrub et al., 2018). Meanwhile, women battle daily with wage inequalities and widespread gender violence while managing a myriad of caring responsibilities (Berniell et.al, 2022) and dealing with violence and harassment in public spaces (UN Women, 2022).
Within the region, reduced policies and action plans account for inclusivity (Ariza-Montobbio, 2022). Several strategies, guidelines and plans are generated on a global (e.g., Sustainable Development Goals), national and local scale to reduce the gap of vulnerable groups on issues including mobility and physical activity; access to health services, violence and urban experience, among others (Martin & De la Fuente, 2022; Ruiz-Campillo & Nieva, 2022). Yet their impact and best practices are novel but still unknown. Furthermore, how vulnerable groups in Latin America are being integrated (or not) in constantly changing cities whilst confronted with economic, social, political and climate struggles, among others, is still understudied.
Being vulnerable in Latin America is still a complex and structural matter that requires a multi-focal approach. Whilst research about the region have seen an upsurge in the last decade, it had mainly featured local pressuring issues (e.g., transport, violence, citizenship activism) affecting targeted groups classed as vulnerable (e.g., women, children). Yet, research exploring what it means to be vulnerable in Latin America and how this is shaped by established urban inequalities is still limited on issues concerning the everyday challenges and struggles of other vulnerable groups (e.g., wellbeing, justice and access to services of indigenous population or of the LGBTQI+ community)
This session aims to critically address the current and historical challenges that shape the dynamics of urban (ex)inclusion in Latin America. It addresses the need to uncover and analyse the social and political strategies, practices, narratives, and organizations involved in shaping current cities in the region in the face of ongoing global changes.
Papers may include but are not limited to:
· Urban challenges, barriers and experiences faced by vulnerable groups.
· Vulnerable groups experiences and appropriation of the urban space
· Successful urban policies to integrate vulnerable groups.
· Community narratives during “crises” and their role in social inclusion/exclusion.
· Strategies and actions towards the inclusion of vulnerable groups.
· The many ways in which Governments/communities/NGOs/businesses are integrating vulnerable groups within cities.
· Grassroots and bottom-up initiatives challenging exclusion and marginalisation.
· The role of vulnerable populations in the social changes and movements observed in the region.
· Participatory practices that promote urban inclusion.
Keywords: Latin American cities, vulnerable groups, urban inclusion, global changes.
The conference will take place in Honolulu, Hawaii from Tuesday 16th of April to Saturday 20th of April 2024.
See more here: https://www.aag.org/events/aag2024/
If you are interested, please send an abstract of no more than 200 words to Maria Jesus Alfaro-Simmonds <[log in to unmask]> and Natan Waintrub <[log in to unmask]> by 10th of November 2023. This should include title, and author affiliation and indicate if you will be participating remotely or in person.
Notice of acceptance will be sent by November 13. Register and submit your abstract to AAG by November 16
References:
Alfaro-Simmonds, M. J. (2021). Children experiencing happiness in the city In B. A. Searle, J. Pykett, & M. J. Alfaro-Simmonds (Eds.), A Modern Guide to Wellbeing Research (pp. 164-183). UK: Edward Elgar.
Ariza-Montobbio, P., Carrión, A., & Delgado-Ramos, G. C. (2022). Urban resilience in Latin America: Questions, themes and debates. In Urban Resilience to the Climate Emergency: Unravelling the transformative potential of institutional and grassroots initiatives (pp. 93-122). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Berniell, I., Berniell, L., de la Mata, D., Edo, M., Marchionni, M., & Pinto, M. F. (2022). Motherhood and Female Labor Market Outcomes in Latin America. In Mothers in the Labor Market (pp. 217-246). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Campos, M. J. Z., Kain, J. H., Oloko, M., Scheinsohn, M., Stenberg, J., & Zapata, P. (2022). Residents' collective strategies of resistance in Global South cities' informal settlements: Space, scale and knowledge. Cities, 125, 103663.
Figueroa, C. (2023). Between the social and the built environments: understanding walking in disadvantaged neighbourhoods of Santiago. Revista de Urbanismo.
García-Martín, J., & García-Sánchez, J. N. (2022). The digital divide of know-how and use of digital technologies in higher education: The case of a college in Latin America in the COVID-19 era. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(6), 3358.
Herrmann-Lunecke, M., Figueroa, C., and Véjares, P. 2021. "Caminata y vejez: explorando el espacio público peatonal de las personas mayores en los instrumentos de planificación urbana en Chile." Urbe: Revista Brasileira de Gestão Urbana 13.
Martín, D., & de la Fuente, R. (2022). Global and local agendas: the milan urban food policy pact and innovative sustainable food policies in euro-latin american cities. Land, 11(2), 202.
Ruiz-Campillo, X., & Rosas Nieva, S. (2022). Local voluntary reports: the implementation of sustainable development goals in northern and southern cities. Journal of Urban Ecology, 8(1), juac013.
Waintrub, N. (2018). Children’s unaccompanied trips. How do the interpretations given to the built environment affect children’s unaccompanied trips?. In: Mohamed Elkaftangui (ed.), AMPS Proceedings Series 13. Constructing an Urban Future. Abu Dhabi University, UAE. pp. 100-110.
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Natan Waintrub Santibáñez
PhD in Transport Engineering, UCL
Investigador postdoctoral CEDEUS
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
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