Studies on the production of urban inequalities usually focus on analyzing macrostructural aspects—characteristics of the urban structure, patterns of residential segregation, provision of essential services, etc. Less frequently, streets, squares, institutional buildings, social housing projects, markets, etc. are considered to inquire about the efforts made by those who use these spaces to manage differences. Generally, the focus is on analyzing the geographic dimension of differentiation processes. Status plays a central role in the production of social inequalities. As has been widely developed, inequality or inequalities are multidimensional. That is, different dimensions shape social inequality. Urban inequality is central, given that space plays a central role in its physicality and social character constructed from interactions, moralities, and dynamics of inclusion and exclusion. Status has been a less explored dimension in the production of inequalities. Based on the case of social groups that make a living in public spaces and that are part of the least powerful groups in society in Buenos Aires, in this text, we have tried to advance in this line from the analytical cross between status, inequality, and ways of earning a living. We have shown how status as a social relation is something that one has but is also constructed and put into play in daily spatialized negotiations, which produces ways of earning a living and social positions. The permanent negotiation and legitimization of their presence in public spaces generate forms of access to resources and construct social differences.

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Status and Production of Inequalities in the Public Space

  • María Mercedes Di Virgilio,
  • Mariano Perelman

摘要

Studies on the production of urban inequalities usually focus on analyzing macrostructural aspects—characteristics of the urban structure, patterns of residential segregation, provision of essential services, etc. Less frequently, streets, squares, institutional buildings, social housing projects, markets, etc. are considered to inquire about the efforts made by those who use these spaces to manage differences. Generally, the focus is on analyzing the geographic dimension of differentiation processes. Status plays a central role in the production of social inequalities. As has been widely developed, inequality or inequalities are multidimensional. That is, different dimensions shape social inequality. Urban inequality is central, given that space plays a central role in its physicality and social character constructed from interactions, moralities, and dynamics of inclusion and exclusion. Status has been a less explored dimension in the production of inequalities. Based on the case of social groups that make a living in public spaces and that are part of the least powerful groups in society in Buenos Aires, in this text, we have tried to advance in this line from the analytical cross between status, inequality, and ways of earning a living. We have shown how status as a social relation is something that one has but is also constructed and put into play in daily spatialized negotiations, which produces ways of earning a living and social positions. The permanent negotiation and legitimization of their presence in public spaces generate forms of access to resources and construct social differences.