Español The study of everyday life in geography: analysis of a conflict over access to habitat in the city of Tandil

Abstract

Since the beginning of the 21st century, an increase in problems linked to access to urban land and decent housing has been observed in the city of Tandil. This situation is manifested through certain indicators, such as, for example, the increase in the percentage of tenant households, the expansion of urban informality and a greater number of collective land occupations, which have become especially acute in the last fifteen years. The objective of this work is to analyze the urban social conflict linked to access to habitat from a geographical perspective, in which the dimension of everyday life is also present, taking the case of the eviction of a settlement, which took place during the validity of the Preventive and Mandatory Social Isolation measures (ASPO), ordered by the National Executive Branch, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. To do this, information obtained through the participant observation technique was used, since the conflict was intervened through an extension project, attending meetings with various actors, and statements by the occupants and public officials made in the local press were also used.