{"id":6392,"date":"2026-04-13T10:54:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lps.polimi.it\/?p=6392"},"modified":"2026-04-13T10:54:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T08:54:52","slug":"caciagli-c-and-h-reiter-2026-student-movements-commons-practices-across-time-and-space-a-historical-analysis-of-hotel-squatting-in-milan-and-florence-partecipazione-e-conflitto-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lps.polimi.it\/?p=6392","title":{"rendered":"Caciagli, C.  and H. Reiter (2026) Student movements\u2019 commons practices across time and space: A  historical analysis of Hotel Squatting in Milan and Florence, Partecipazione e Conflitto, 19 (1): 244-262.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">ABSTRACT: The paper contributes to the understanding of the Italian student movement of the 1960s and <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">1970s by examining a specific practice: the occupation of abandoned, centrally located hotels. The authors <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">focus on two case studies: the occupation of the former Hotel del Commercio in Piazza Fontana, Milan (1968-<\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">69), and the squat of abandoned hotels in Via dei Calzaioli, Florence (1977). Drawing on archival research and\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">in-depth interviews, the study reconstructs the origins and characteristics of these two experiences. Despite <\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">notable similarities\u2014both squats were driven by comparable material grievances and occurred in the frame of <\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">student movements \u2014each developed along different trajectories in key aspects: the relationship between <\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">occupations and territories, the social and biographical profile of the squatters, internal organization, <\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">interaction with broader mobilizations, and relationship with institutions. We argue that these experiences can <\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">be analyzed as examples of early forms of \u201curban commons\u201d, with their differences shaped by changes, both <\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">within the social movement landscape and in institutional politics. The paper contributes to a deeper <\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">understanding of the urban practices enacted by student movements across different waves of mobilization; <\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">and to a more nuanced conceptualization of \u201curban commons\u201d in light of their historical, political, and spatial <\/span><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">specificities. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">KEYWORDS: Abandoned hotels, historical research, squatting, student movements, urban commons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Full article available at: http:\/\/siba-ese.unisalento.it\/index.php\/paco\/article\/view\/32777\/26622<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABSTRACT: The paper contributes to the understanding of the Italian student movement of the 1960s and 1970s by examining a specific practice: the occupation of abandoned, centrally located hotels. 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