Repertórios de interação da "Articulação do Centro Antigo de Salvador" com a Câmara Municipal: demandas de luta por moradia e permanência no território

Abstract

The main objective of this study is to identify and understand the interaction repertoires of the collective of social movements called "Articulação do Centro Antigo de Salvador" with the City Council of Salvador throughout the 19th legislature (2021-2024). To this end, the main demands for permanence in the territory and the struggle for housing claimed by the Articulação do Centro Antigo de Salvador during this legislature were analyzed, especially the advocacy for zero evictions and the agenda for the regulation of Special Zones of Social Interest (ZEIS). This research engages with political process theory and a set of studies in Brazil that discuss participatory experiences and the concept of interaction repertoire, which emphasizes that one of the practices of social movements has been the search for building means of interaction with institutionalized public power, whether in formal or informal spaces. The study employed qualitative methods, literature review, and document analysis, relying on methodological procedures of semi-structured interviews with leaders of the Articulação do Centro Antigo de Salvador and some councilors from the 19th legislature, as well as secondary data collection from websites and the institutional platform of the City Council of Salvador. The study concluded that this collective organized itself as a network of social movements, unified through leadership and the recognition of common agendas. Among the interaction repertoires mobilized by them, protests and direct actions, as well as forms of action in institutional spaces in interaction with the City Council of Salvador, were highlighted, even though only a few councilors were engaged in dialogue.