POLITIZACIÓN DEL HABITAR EN LA CIUDAD DE BARCELONA: PRÁCTICAS COTIDIANAS MIGRANTES FRENTE AL COVID-19

In: Revista Andaluza de Antropología, Heft 19, S. 87-108

Abstract

This article examines the "everyday practices" of the immigrant population of Barcelona in relation to the Covid-19 context during the first few months after the Spanish government declared a State of Emergency (Real Decreto 463/2020, March 14). The first section sets out the theoretical and methodological approach followed along with statistical information about the study population. It then goes on to investigate the "cultural practices" of the Red de Cuidados Antirracista, a network set up to help and support vulnerable migrants who live in Barcelona, also offering a brief discussion of other cases. Finally, it emphasizes the special relevance of everyday life in the social organization processes activated by migrants to cope with the pandemic, in particular how everyday life is expressed within specific practices in the city and the urban space, configuring a particular politicization of habitation.