Los viajes transnacionales de Catherine Bauer: de la política de vivienda a la planificación global

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https://doi.org/10.37230/CyTET.2023.216.2

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Catherine Bauer, Vivienda social, Urbanismo, Redes transnacionales, Siglo XX

Resumen

Este artículo se centra en mostrar las influencias foráneas presentes en los postulados de la houser Catherine Bauer (1905-1964) y cómo enriquecieron su discurso intelectual en el contexto de las redes internacionales del urbanismo y de la vivienda. Su nombre es sinónimo de vivienda social en Estados Unidos, pues dedicó toda su vida a institucionalizar las políticas públicas de vivienda a través del asesoramiento político, la acción propagandística y la praxis académica. Sus relaciones nos ayudan a comprender su adscripción a un determinado grupo o campo de ideas, lo que nos permite examinar la coherencia entre sus intenciones y sus acciones. Las reflexiones más destacadas de sus viajes transnacionales propiciaron que pasara de la consideración de la vivienda como un objeto arquitectónico a entenderse como un elemento aglutinador de la comunidad social en la década de 1930 y a una síntesis holística planteada como un proceso socioeconómico global a partir de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Este discurso se vio bruscamente interrumpido con su fallecimiento en 1964.

 

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2023-06-21

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García-González, M. C., & Guerrero, S. (2023). Los viajes transnacionales de Catherine Bauer: de la política de vivienda a la planificación global. Ciudad Y Territorio Estudios Territoriales, 55(216), 285–308. https://doi.org/10.37230/CyTET.2023.216.2