Collective action, daily life and trajectories. The case of assemblies in Buenos Aires City (2001-2007)
Abstract
This article analyzes the assemblies that arose in the city of Buenos Aires amidst the increase of social mobilization in Argentina in 2001. I aim to complement studies that explore assemblies as a social movement. Instead of analyzing incentives that mobilized individuals toward action, the impact on the political system and the context that might have facilitated collective action, I suggest delving into individuals and interaction processes, their practices, meanings and trajectories. From a relational anthropological approach, I explore everyday practices, social relations and the daily interplay of individual's meanings. I analyze how people's trajectories became embodied in the collective sphere and interacted with everyday life, while the assembly experience reverberated in and redefined the lives of their participants.Downloads
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