Mulheres e moradias autoproduzidas: outra produção arquitetônica

Abstract

This work aims to discuss the intersection between women, the processes of self-production of their daily spaces, and their possibilities and capacity for autonomy in these contexts. Through the proposition of a gender perspective to study spaces produced outside conventional and heteronomous logic, the investigation is guided by the following question: is the greater relative autonomy, characteristic of self-production of housing, and the benefits it represents for its practitioners generalizable, or is it a male privilege? To critically analyze some of the various aspects that permeate this question, the research develops a methodology that integrates theoretical contributions with women's accounts of their experiences with spatial production. The main premise is to contribute to the construction of knowledge in the field of architecture about issues and problems that conventionally do not form part of the scope of discussion and action of its members, whether in academia or professional practice. The critical orientation of the research also focuses on these forms of action, in an attempt to reveal how we, architects, researchers, and scholars, serve to maintain female domination and oppression or, conversely, can contribute to questioning the hegemonic order and to processes that break with the logic of conditioning women to spaces that do not meet their needs, desires, and specific dynamics.