Learning from experience : a social and resource comparison of the Barcelonian Informal settlements during the Francoist Regime through witness accounts
Tutor/a - Director/a
Estudiant
Duarte Massetti, Ivan
Tipus de document
Projecte Final de Màster Oficial
Data
2022
rights
Accés obert
Editorial
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
UPCommons
Resum
The construction of informal settlements within the peripheries of Barcelona was a phenomenon caused by the large influx of internal migrants from Spain. The majority of these migrants were agricultural workers from mainly rural regions of the country, who suffered a large brunt from the Francoist regime. These informal settlements were considered a problem for the city and affected thousands of people as they were used as transitionary spaces between rural life and urban life. This investigation used a literature review and semi-structured interviews to reveal the different levels and dynamics of the social and metabolic life within the informal settlements, to attempt at understanding how the community functioned and how metabolic resources were distributed and managed in a decentralised way. The literature review concluded that these migrants received the largest disadvantages from the Francoist regime and were considered peasants. The semi-structured interviews revealed that mutual aid was the engine for the functioning of the community, mainly due the shared experiences and situations of the inhabitants. Resources were acquired on a need basis, and the communities were largely cut off from general water distribution systems. The investigation concludes that informality still persists in the region and techniques and similar community-based distribution could be used in climatic change situations.
