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These two videos form part of the eight-episode web series “Community-Led Planning”, which documents the practices of social movements and community organisations across three Latin American cities. Produced for the launch of Urban Prefigurations (Prefiguraciones Urbanas)—a collaborative platform for sharing tools and experiences developed by grassroots and municipal actors—the series aims to promote democratic and sustainable urban transformation.The platform emerged from ongoing debates within the global municipalist movement, particularly those catalysed by the Fearless Cities network (see Russell 2019), which has convened international gatherings since 2017, including a 2022 edition in Rosario, Argentina. While these events fostered valuable exchanges, they also revealed the need for a more permanent and accessible space for mutual learning around territorial practices, local policies, and community-led governance.The videos highlight how communities respond to exclusion and displacement through creative territorial defence. Beyond documenting resistance, they showcase how collective action leads to tangible improvements in living conditions. The first video focuses on Nuevo Alberdi, a peripheral neighbourhood in Rosario, where residents—supported by the GIROS movement—formed a Popular Assembly in response to devastating floods in 2007. Their mobilisation secured emergency support and pressured the municipality for long-term infrastructure. When plans for gated developments threatened displacement, residents and activists co-developed a city ordinance to prohibit such projects. The second video chronicles the successful campaign that led to its unprecedented approval in 2011.The platform and videos were produced by the research project Contested Territories in partnership with Fundación Ciudades Sin Miedo. Additional episodes featuring territorial experiences from Santiago de Chile and Belo Horizonte will be released in the second half of 2025.
Author(s): Silvestre G
Publication type: Digital or Visual Media
Publication status: Published
Year: 2025
Series Editor(s): Halvorsen, S; Massidda, AL
Publisher: Antipode
Format: (Audio)Visual Roundtable
URL: https://antipodeonline.org/2025/10/29/urban-futures-of-popular-neighbourhoods/
