Abstract
Mass houselessness is not the collateral of development, but indeed is its precondition. Starting here, this roundtable will bring together organizers to not only diagnose the current, and historic elements of trans/queer displacement, but also attempt to chart ways out of it. While much ink, and even more blood has been spilled on the global “housing crisis,” the remedy on offer is capital’s acceleration by demanding even more empty luxury condos. The trick of trickle-down housing. And yet the only structures that are outpacing the condo towers, are the tents housing those forced out. This, while what little remained of trans/queer public space becomes further privatized under the uniformed guard of “community ambassadors” employed by nonprofits to ensure sidewalks remain benchless, Ubers are at the ready, and the white noise of white return is the only sound you hear. Together we ask, if “solidarity means attack” then what forms of war must be waged against the marketization of shelter?
Presenters
Jemma De CristoAssistant Professor, American Studies, University of California, Davis, California, United States Mariam Lam
Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Associate Professor, Chancellor's Office / Comparative Literature, Media & Cultural Studies, University of California, Riverside, California, United States Eric Stanley
Associate Professor, Gender and Women's Studies, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
2023 Special Focus: Agency in an Era of Displacement and Social Change
KEYWORDS
CARCERAL PUBLICS, SAFE SPACE, VACANCY, VALUE, EVICTED, QUEER COMMONS
