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Everyday verticality: Migrant experiences of high-rise living in Santiago, Chile

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  • Megan Sheehan

    (Saint John’s University, USA)

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Over the last three decades, Santiago, Chile has experienced rapid urbanisation. The city’s expansion has prompted the proliferation of high-rise residential buildings, mediated by spatial segregation along class lines and fragmented urban governance. Concurrently, economic opportunities in Chile have drawn regional labour migrants, resulting in an unprecedented increase in migratory flows. Drawing on ethnographic research, this article charts the everyday experiences of migrants in high-rise residences. As new arrivals seek housing, social networks channel migrants – particularly Venezuelans – into shared high-rise apartments, producing specific buildings as vertical enclaves. Lived experiences within the confines of verticality are frequently shaped by the challenges of overcrowding. As migrants craft daily practices to mitigate these limitations, their routines make full use of limited space and meaningfully engage with building common areas, public spaces and neighbourhoods. The everyday practice of verticality articulates links between high-rises and surrounding sites, neighbourhoods and the broader urban fabric.

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  • Megan Sheehan, 2024. "Everyday verticality: Migrant experiences of high-rise living in Santiago, Chile," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 61(4), pages 726-742, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:urbstu:v:61:y:2024:i:4:p:726-742
    DOI: 10.1177/00420980221114206
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