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SUMMARY:BOOK TALK: SQUATTING LONDON with Samuel Burgum
DESCRIPTION:Squatting in London has a rich and diverse history. Today\, squatters live a marginalised\, stigmatised and criminalised existence\, yet they persist. Behind the glittering façade of shiny new buildings\, London is a network of vacant offices\, boarded-up shops and dilapidated pubs that host some of the city’s poorest and most determined citizens\, exiled and increasingly pushed to the margins. \n\n\n\nWe are very excited to welcome Samuel Burgum to Housmans to talk about his vital new book about a facinating\, and much neglected\, part of our urban history. Squatting London: The Politics of Property is an account of the real lives of the city’s squatters: their ambitions and struggles. Squatting is a challenge to the logic of property which underpins the city. By finding refuge\, staying put\, creating spaces and participating in counter-cultures\, squats are political acts. They sit in direct opposition to the speculation\, gentrification and regeneration that controls London today. \n\n\n\nFrom wasted office blocks transformed into a life-saving homeless shelter\, to temporary art exhibitions and raves; from an empty doctor’s surgery\, to a library closed by cuts; from mutual aid networks set up during the pandemic\, to restaurants\, shops\, offices and pubs – Squatting London is an alternative\, underground and rebellious ethnographic account of a city you thought you already knew. \n\n\n\nSamuel Burgum is an urban sociologist\, currently conducting a Leverhulme-sponsored ethnographic project on squatting in the context of the UK’s housing crisis. He is the author of Occupying London: Post-Crash Resistance and the Limits of Possibility. He has written for various journals\, including Antipode\, The Sociological Review and Journal for Cultural Research. \n\n\n\nAs always\, tickets are priced on a sliding scale. If you are unable to pay for a ticket please do not hesitate to contact us at shop@housmans.com\, and a free ticket will be made available. \n\n\n\nIf you choose ‘book + event entry’ or ‘special bundle’\, your copies of the book will be available to collect on the evening. If you would like to collect it earlier\, or arrange for delivery\, please contact us (postage is £2.95). Telephone 020 7837 4473 or email shop@housmans.com. \n\n\n\nDoors Open at 6:45pm\, Event Starts 7:00 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShare this:\n				Share on X (Opens in new window)\n				X\n			\n				Share on Facebook (Opens in new window)\n				Facebook\n			\n				Share on Insta (Opens in new window)\n				Insta\n			Like this:Like Loading...
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