Living in the Intra-Urban Confines of Lima: A Precariousness of Geopolitical Origin

Confines, defined as spaces of blurry boundaries and powers interpenetration, are most traditionally studied in geopolitics contexts at the national level. In this paper, we highlight the presence of such spaces at the urban scale, as a product of political fragmentation, drawing from empirical evid...

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Auteurs principaux:	Sierra, Alexis, Gheno, Victor
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spelling	oai:ojs.revistas.uchile.cl:article-633202021-05-26T16:09:38Z Living in the Intra-Urban Confines of Lima: A Precariousness of Geopolitical Origin Vivir en los confines intra-urbanos de Lima: una precariedad de origen geopolítico Sierra, Alexis Gheno, Victor Confines, defined as spaces of blurry boundaries and powers interpenetration, are most traditionally studied in geopolitics contexts at the national level. In this paper, we highlight the presence of such spaces at the urban scale, as a product of political fragmentation, drawing from empirical evidence in Lima, Peru. Through a geohistorical analysis, a morphological examination, and a qualitative fieldwork, we show how these confines produce urban uncertainty and precarity. In a local context of undetermined administrative boundaries justifying territorial disputes between municipalities, we turn to the analysis of the practices of political informality between municipal authorities and inhabitants as well as the inhabitants' strategies to adapt themselves to this context of urban geopolitics. This will show that these practices produce an original form of urbanity and citadinity. The dynamics of the urban fabric and territorial control reveal confines as geographical spaces that combine precariousness and informality, the latter being a constraint and a resource both for municipalities and inhabitants. The discussion of urban confines in relation to urban margins leads us to a reflection on precariousness, stressing the role of relationships of power and trust developed in these disputed and uncertain territories. Confines, definidos como espacios de fronteras borrosas y de interpenetración de poderes, se estudian más tradicionalmente en contextos geopolíticos a nivel nacional. En este artículo, destacamos la presencia de tales espacios a escala urbana como producto de la fragmentación política, a partir de un estudio de caso en Lima, Perú. A partir de un análisis geohistórico, de un estudio morfológico y de encuestas a la población, mostramos cómo esos confines producen incertidumbre urbana y precariedad. En un contexto local de limites administrativas indeterminados que justifican disputas territoriales entre municipios, analizamos las prácticas de informalidad política entre las autoridades municipales y los habitantes, así como las estrategias de los habitantes para adaptarse a este contexto geopolítico urbano, mostrando que estas prácticas producen una forma original de urbanidad y citadinity. Las dinámicas de producción urbana y de control territorial revelan los confines como espacios geográficos que combinan precariedad e informalidad, esta última a la vez como una limitación y un recurso, tanto para los municipios como para los habitantes. La discusión sobre los confines urbanos, en relación con la noción de margen urbano, nos conduce a una reflexión sobre la precariedad destacando el papel de las relaciones de poder y confianza que se desarrollan en estos territorios disputados e inciertos. Revista INVI 2021-04-30 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/63320 Revista INVI; Vol. 36 Núm. 101 (2021) 0718-8358 0718-1299 spa https://revistainvi.uchile.cl/index.php/INVI/article/view/63320/67088
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title	Living in the Intra-Urban Confines of Lima: A Precariousness of Geopolitical Origin
title_short	Living in the Intra-Urban Confines of Lima: A Precariousness of Geopolitical Origin
title_full	Living in the Intra-Urban Confines of Lima: A Precariousness of Geopolitical Origin
title_fullStr	Living in the Intra-Urban Confines of Lima: A Precariousness of Geopolitical Origin
title_full_unstemmed	Living in the Intra-Urban Confines of Lima: A Precariousness of Geopolitical Origin
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description	Confines, defined as spaces of blurry boundaries and powers interpenetration, are most traditionally studied in geopolitics contexts at the national level. In this paper, we highlight the presence of such spaces at the urban scale, as a product of political fragmentation, drawing from empirical evidence in Lima, Peru. Through a geohistorical analysis, a morphological examination, and a qualitative fieldwork, we show how these confines produce urban uncertainty and precarity. In a local context of undetermined administrative boundaries justifying territorial disputes between municipalities, we turn to the analysis of the practices of political informality between municipal authorities and inhabitants as well as the inhabitants' strategies to adapt themselves to this context of urban geopolitics. This will show that these practices produce an original form of urbanity and citadinity. The dynamics of the urban fabric and territorial control reveal confines as geographical spaces that combine precariousness and informality, the latter being a constraint and a resource both for municipalities and inhabitants. The discussion of urban confines in relation to urban margins leads us to a reflection on precariousness, stressing the role of relationships of power and trust developed in these disputed and uncertain territories.
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Living in the Intra-Urban Confines of Lima: A Precariousness of Geopolitical Origin

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