Neighbourhood conflicts, socio-spatial inequalities, and residential stigmatisation in Santiago, Chile

Méndez, María Luisa Hevia; Otero, Gabriel

doi:10.1016/j.cities.2017.11.005

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“…Chile is among the OECD countries with the most significant economic growth in the past three decades. That said, Chile is also an extremely stratified, segregated society (Méndez & Otero, 2018), which is reflected primarily in the gap between "haves" and "have nots" that affects economic aspects of young people's lives and their access to education and culture (Gayo, 2017). Understanding this reality is of critical importance for anyone seeking to understand how young people perceive and use libraries, and any other cultural or educational institution, for that matter.…”

Section: The Library Context In Chilementioning

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Millennials in the Stacks: Choices, Habits and Attitudes of Frequent Library Users between the Ages of 18–29 in Santiago, Chile

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Duncan

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International Information & Library Review

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Libraries have been rethinking their collections and services in order to remain relevant for new generations. In Chile, adults between 20 and 36 are one-third of the population, yet they are underrepresented in the research on reading preferences and practices. Through a survey of 346 library users, librarian interviews and focus groups, this study sought to learn about library habits and preferences as well as literacy and cultural practices among 18 to 29 yearold library users in Santiago, Chile. Findings reveal a diversity of reading preferences, with an accent on genre fiction and nonfiction; an appreciation of the librarian as mediator and authority, a view of the library as a symbolic and material space; and a migration to the Internet for recommendations, access to books and spaces for new literacy practices. These initial findings underscore the importance of adapting libraries' collections and services as literacy practices evolve among young users in the 21 st century.

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Millennials in the Stacks: Choices, Habits and Attitudes of Frequent Library Users between the Ages of 18–29 in Santiago, Chile

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Duncan

et al. 2020

International Information & Library Review

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“…In our opinion, this kind of thing would be the looting of the social upsurge of October 2019. Now, in Chile these critical levels are related to its current social system, which has originated a problem of economic and social inequality (Contreras, Otero, Díaz, & Suárez, 2019;Martínez, Hodgson, Mullen, & Timms, 2018;Méndez & Otero, 2018;Olavarría-Gambi, 2012;Rotarou & Sakellariou, 2017;Tejada, 2016), and with a phenomenon of transversal corruption of a majority sector of partisan politics (illegal financing of politics), of the company (collusion, fraud), ranging from economic "privileges" to economic criminality with significant degrees of impunity (Agostini, Willington, Lazcano, & Saavedra, 2017;Bel & Trillas, 2005;Borgias, 2018;Escobar-Farfán, Cardoza Cardoza, Vega, & Cañas, 2017) 3 .…”

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The looting during the social upsurge of October 2019 in Chile

Jiménez¹

2019

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Since the social explosion in October 2019 in Chile, a series of social phenomena have occurred in that country that are worthy of review and study. Some of these phenomena have antisocial/criminal characteristics. Within these phenomena, looting is one of them. These took place from the first moments of the social outburst. The objective of this research is to study the criminal phenomenon of looting during the social explosion of October 2019 and throughout that period. But in addition, and because they are similar social phenomena and occurred in the same geographical-human space (Chile) and in periods not so distant in time, the looting that took place during the earthquake of February 27th, 2010 (27/F) in Chile will be the object of investigation. Our theoretical option to study this criminal phenomenon will be the so-called Disaster Studies, and in particular, from what we could call a disaster criminology. We will use not only the specialized literature on disasters, but also the academic works related to the earthquake of February 27th and the journalistic literature related to the looting during the earthquake of 27/F as well as that related to the social explosion of October 2019.

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“… 18. Méndez, M L and G Otero (2018), “Neighbourhood conflicts, socio-spatial inequalities, and residential stigmatisation in Santiago, Chile”, Cities Vol 74, pages 75–82; also Méndez, M L and M Gayo (2018), Upper Middle Class Social Reproduction: Wealth, Schooling, and Residential Choice in Chile , Springer. …”

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Exploring the correlation between city size and residential segregation: comparing Chilean cities with spatially unbiased indexes

Garretón¹,

Basauri²,

Valenzuela³

2020

Environment and Urbanization

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Urban segregation is a widespread phenomenon with profound social implications, and one that presents difficult measurement challenges. Segregation indexes may be affected by scale or zoning biases of the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP). In this article, we develop a methodology that relies on spatial clustering algorithms to simultaneously cope with both kinds of MAUP biases, and we test it with complete census data for most Chilean cities. We find a robust correlation between segregation and city size, contesting previous claims about the spuriousness of this relationship. We also show that socioeconomic polarization is a widespread phenomenon in Chile and that it is not just a problem of disadvantaged groups’ concentration. Based on these results, we suggest that area-based desegregation policies should be generally reinforced, and complemented in big Chilean cities with housing-mix policies. We argue that using spatially unbiased segregation indexes could improve comparative urban studies.

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Neighbourhood conflicts, socio-spatial inequalities, and residential stigmatisation in Santiago, Chile

Cited by 43 publications

References 50 publications

Millennials in the Stacks: Choices, Habits and Attitudes of Frequent Library Users between the Ages of 18–29 in Santiago, Chile

Millennials in the Stacks: Choices, Habits and Attitudes of Frequent Library Users between the Ages of 18–29 in Santiago, Chile

The looting during the social upsurge of October 2019 in Chile

Exploring the correlation between city size and residential segregation: comparing Chilean cities with spatially unbiased indexes

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