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Strength in numbers? Themes of precarity and resilience in short films from two Spanish film
festivals
Nicola Tomlinson PhD Candidate, University of Manchester
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Precarity
“referring to life worlds characterised by uncertainty and
insecurity” (Waite 2009: 412)
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Precarity and the public/private realm
The home as the example par excellence of private space, where individuals are “free from the crippling effects of the external
gaze” (Nagel 1998b, in Madanipour 2003: 46)
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Private life in public spaces“a part of private life played out in a public
space” (Madanipour 2003: 41)
Carlos reveals his precarious circumstances to Simón in Propiedad privada: se vende
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The home
“El domicilio es inviolable. Ninguna entrada o registro podrá hacerse en él sin consentimiento del titular o resolución judicial, salvo en caso de flagrante delito”
(Constitución Española, 1978: Título 1, Capítulo 2º, Sección 1ª, Artículo 18).
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Candela (David F. Torrico, 2016)
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Destabilisation of the family
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Community resilience?: the food bank
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Casitas (Javier Marco, 2014)
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“Playing house”: performing stability
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“Playing house”: performing stability
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Propiedad privada: se vende (Carmen Quijada, 2016)
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“Se acabó el juego”: Simón lays claim to his property
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Simón faces the judgement of the crowd...
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...and of Carlos
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BibliographyCandela, dir. by David F. Torrico (El Ojo Films, 2016) Casitas, dir. by Javier Marco (Visualia C. A., 2014) Propiedad privada: se vende, dir. by Carmen Quijada (Jóvenes
Realizadores, 2016) Eurostat, Housing Statistics (European Commission, February 2017).
Accessible via http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Housing_statistics [accessed 31.03.17]
Madanipour, Ali, Public and Private Spaces of the City (London and New York: Routledge, 2003)
—, ‘Social Exclusion and Space’, in The City Reader, ed. by Richard T. LeGates and Frederic Stout (Oxon and New York: Routledge, 2015), pp. 203-211
Waite, Louise, ‘A Place and Space for a Critical Geography of Precarity?’, Geography Compass, 3/1 (2009), 412-433