{"product_id":"squatting-in-europe-radical-spaces-urban-struggles-9781570272578","title":"Squatting in Europe: Radical Spaces, Urban Struggles","description":"Squatting offers a radical but simple solution to the crises of housing, homelessness, and the lack of social \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003espace that mark contemporary society: occupying empty buildings and rebuilding lives and communities in \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ethe process. Squatting has a long and complex history, interwoven with the changing and contested nature of \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eurban politics over the last forty years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSquatting can be an individual strategy for shelter or a collective experiment in communal living. Squatted and \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eself-managed social centres have contributed to the renewal of urban struggles across Europe and intersect \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ewith larger political projects. However, not all squatters share the same goals, resources, backgrounds or desire \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003efor visibility. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSquatting in Europe aims to move beyond the conventional understandings of squatting, investigating its history \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ein Europe over the past four decades. Historical comparisons and analysis blend together in these inquiries into \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003esquatting in the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, France, Germany and England. In it members of SqEK (Squatting \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEurope Kollective) explore the diverse, radical, and often controversial nature of squatting as a form of \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003emilitant research and self-managed knowledge production. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEssays by Miguel Mart�nez, Gianni Piazza, Hans Pruijt, Pierpaolo Mudu, Claudio Cattaneo, Andre Holm, \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArmin Kuhn, Linus Owens, Florence Boullon, and Thomas Aguilera.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Minor Compositions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/15\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570272578\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Squatting in Europe Kollective","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43112095744181,"sku":"9781570272578","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_db2309cd-23b2-41f1-9128-d55128134d40.jpg?v=1693928591","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/squatting-in-europe-radical-spaces-urban-struggles-9781570272578","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}