From the "police circus" to the constitution of subjects of the right to the city. The case of the megaoperation deployed in New Neighborhood

• Published in: Revista de Direito da Cidade Vol. 11; no. 4; p. 198
• Main Author: Bernat, Maria Sofia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro- Uerj 01.12.2019
• Subjects: Brasil
• ISSN: 2317-7721; 2317-7721
• DOI: 10.12957/rdc.2019.39652

This paper analyzes an armed confrontation between two suburb neighborhoods located in La Plata in order to rebuild the senses constructed by the inhabitants in relation to the conflict and the police mega-operation deployed by the government. We will mainly analyze the modes of community organization that enabled, understood as a form of resistance to the violence that occurred there. Our assumption is that the conflict motivated forms of community organization, led by a group of women, which constituted and positioned them as subjects that claim and dispute their right to the city. Finally, we will briefly present the media treatment. Because of the practices of these women, we understand that the right to the city is not a slogan emptied of political content. The challenge is to produce ways to solve problems related to violence, without resorting to repressive responses, but to the wishes and needs of the community, with their participation, to make effective the right to the city. The methodology used was qualitative ethnographic. An ad hoc survey was carried out in the territory and in national and local media. The techniques used were in-depth interview and participant observation. Keywords: Right to the City--Community Organization--Ethnography--Neighborhood-- Violence. Este trabajo se propone indagar un enfrentamiento armado entre dos barrios perifericos de La Plata con el fin de reconstruir los sentidos elaborados por las habitantes en relacion al conflicto y al megaoperativo policial desplegado por el gobierno. Fundamentalmente, analizaremos los modos de organizacion comunitaria que habilito, entendidas como una forma de resistencia frente a la violencia acontecida. El supuesto del que partimos es que el conflicto motivo formas de organizacion comunitaria, conducidas por un grupo de mujeres, que las constituyo y posiciono como sujetas que reclaman y disputan su derecho a la ciudad. Por ultimo, presentaremos brevemente su tratamiento mediatico. A partir de las practicas de estas mujeres entendemos que el derecho a la ciudad no es un eslogan vaciado de contenido politico. Se plantea el desafio de producir maneras de resolver problematicas vinculadas a violencias sin recurrir a respuestas represivas, sino a las necesidades y deseos de la comunidad, con su participacion, para hacer efectivo el derecho a la ciudad. Se utilizo una metodologia cualitativa etnografica. Se realizo un relevamiento ad hoc en el territorio y en medios nacionales y locales. Las tecnicas empleadas fueron la entrevista en profundidad y la observacion participante. Palabras clave: Derecho a la ciudad--Organizacion comunitaria--Etnografia-- Barrio--Violencia.