Homelessness, disorder in public space and the revanchist city.

Henk Meert (1) , Karen Stuyck (2)

1 Institute of Social and Economic Geography
2 Institute of Social and Economic Geography

This paper analyses new forms and expressions of solidarity and then highlights more concrete utterances of solidarity with the homeless in a particular neighbourhood in Brussels (Les Marolles) which is rapidly gentrifying. Our findings are based on interviews with a wide range of concerned actors. One key-finding is that post-Fordist solidarity continuously creates disorder in public space and hence it is the seedbed for contemporary forms of disciplining urban culture.

Mots clés: solidarity; disciplining urbanism; gentrification; homelessness; Brussels; Territorial Intelligence

Mots clés: solidarité; urbanisme normatif; sans-abrisme; Bruxelles; Intelligence Territoriale

Domaines: Anthropologie sociale et ethnologie; Sociologie; Géographie

Henk Meert, Karen Stuyck. Homelessness, disorder in public space and the revanchist city.. 3th International Conference of Territorial Intelligence "Territory, wellbeing and social inclusion" REIT, October 19th-21th 2005, Liège, Oct 2005, Liège, Belgium. ⟨halshs-01020302⟩