Strength in numbers? Themes of precarity and resilience in short films from two Spanish film
festivals
Nicola Tomlinson PhD Candidate, University of Manchester
Precarity
“referring to life worlds characterised by uncertainty and
insecurity” (Waite 2009: 412)
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)
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
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).
Candela (David F. Torrico, 2016)
Destabilisation of the family
Community resilience?: the food bank
Casitas (Javier Marco, 2014)
“Playing house”: performing stability
“Playing house”: performing stability
Propiedad privada: se vende (Carmen Quijada, 2016)
“Se acabó el juego”: Simón lays claim to his property
Simón faces the judgement of the crowd...
...and of Carlos
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