Between dispossession and resistance: women’s neighborhood experiences in Valparaíso, Chile

Abstract

This article focuses on the narratives of past and present neighborhood experiences of women from different ages and family backgrounds, obtained in the context of a field work carried out in 2019 and 2020 in three neighborhoods of Valparaíso (Chile). Between dispossession and resistance, their experiences stress the dominant idea of neighborhood as a shared space and of support for the construction of collective identity. Based on the analysis of their stories, the article explores the ideas of neighborhood recuperation and neighborhood identity from a critical gender perspective.