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The Montserrat’s neighbourhood dream: involving Moroccan residents in a school-based community development process in urban Spain

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    Identifier: imarina:5816952
    Authors:
    Girbés-Peco SRenta-Davids ADe Botton LÁlvarez-Cifuentes P
    Abstract:
    © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Previous research has identified the potential of community-based development processes to reverse inequalities. However, in many cases, constraints arise that hinder the achievement of community goals. This article focuses on the role contributed by a school to overcome these barriers. Specifically, we address the role played by the Mare de Déu de Montserrat School, which is a Learning Community, in the launch and development of a community-based process. Known as The Dream, this process was initiated by a group of unemployed Moroccan residents in an impoverished urban neighbourhood in Spain. Through this process, the neighbours have created a self-managed community garden, which has enabled them to improve their job training and build social networks. Based on the communicative methodology, our qualitative study finds that this school has contributed to the creation of specific conditions that helped to overcome some barriers that had hindered the emergence of community responses. In addition, the contributions of the school have promoted a horizontal and dialogical organization of the process, placing neighbours in central positions in decision-making and leadership roles. This case study provides relevant theoretical and practical implications for the contributions that certain school-based interventions can provide to promote community initiatives in impoverished environments.
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    Author, as appears in the article.: Girbés-Peco S; Renta-Davids A; De Botton L; Álvarez-Cifuentes P
    Department: Pedagogia
    URV's Author/s: ÁLVAREZ CIFUENTES, PILAR / Renta Davids, Ana Inés
    Keywords: Urban poverty Urban agriculture Spain School Power Participation Parental involvement Moroccan immigrants Management Leadership Inclusion Governance Driven development Deliberation Community development Collective action
    Abstract: © 2018, © 2018 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. Previous research has identified the potential of community-based development processes to reverse inequalities. However, in many cases, constraints arise that hinder the achievement of community goals. This article focuses on the role contributed by a school to overcome these barriers. Specifically, we address the role played by the Mare de Déu de Montserrat School, which is a Learning Community, in the launch and development of a community-based process. Known as The Dream, this process was initiated by a group of unemployed Moroccan residents in an impoverished urban neighbourhood in Spain. Through this process, the neighbours have created a self-managed community garden, which has enabled them to improve their job training and build social networks. Based on the communicative methodology, our qualitative study finds that this school has contributed to the creation of specific conditions that helped to overcome some barriers that had hindered the emergence of community responses. In addition, the contributions of the school have promoted a horizontal and dialogical organization of the process, placing neighbours in central positions in decision-making and leadership roles. This case study provides relevant theoretical and practical implications for the contributions that certain school-based interventions can provide to promote community initiatives in impoverished environments.
    Thematic Areas: Human geography and urban studies Geography, planning and development Geography Geografia i urbanisme Geografía General o multidisciplinar Environmental studies Cultural studies Comunicação e informação Ciencias sociales
    licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
    ISSN: 1464-9365
    Author's mail: anaines.renta@urv.cat
    Author identifier: 0000-0002-0145-5141
    Record's date: 2023-03-11
    Journal volume: 21
    Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
    Link to the original source: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14649365.2018.1509112
    Papper original source: Social & Cultural Geography. 21 (5): 674-696
    APA: Girbés-Peco S; Renta-Davids A; De Botton L; Álvarez-Cifuentes P (2020). The Montserrat’s neighbourhood dream: involving Moroccan residents in a school-based community development process in urban Spain. Social & Cultural Geography, 21(5), 674-696. DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2018.1509112
    Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
    Article's DOI: 10.1080/14649365.2018.1509112
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
    Journal publication year: 2020
    Publication Type: Journal Publications
  • Keywords:

    Cultural Studies,Geography,Geography, Planning and Development
    Urban poverty
    Urban agriculture
    Spain
    School
    Power
    Participation
    Parental involvement
    Moroccan immigrants
    Management
    Leadership
    Inclusion
    Governance
    Driven development
    Deliberation
    Community development
    Collective action
    Human geography and urban studies
    Geography, planning and development
    Geography
    Geografia i urbanisme
    Geografía
    General o multidisciplinar
    Environmental studies
    Cultural studies
    Comunicação e informação
    Ciencias sociales
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