Kurzfassung

The dissertation deals with the transformation process of the life world of former informal settlers and dumpsite dwellers who have been transferred into a socialized housing project in the Philippines. The project offers a new living environment away from the ‚de-humanizing situations’ in the dumpsites and urban danger zones. The leading question of the thesis is how the inhabitants of the housing project experience the transition from their former marginalized, self-organized lives in...The dissertation deals with the transformation process of the life world of former informal settlers and dumpsite dwellers who have been transferred into a socialized housing project in the Philippines. The project offers a new living environment away from the ‚de-humanizing situations’ in the dumpsites and urban danger zones. The leading question of the thesis is how the inhabitants of the housing project experience the transition from their former marginalized, self-organized lives in informal squatter areas and dumpsite settlements to an institutionalized and rule-based life in the housing project. How they shape their new lives and how they value the performed change of lifestyle. » weiterlesen» einklappen