Dwelling in despair. Domestic marginality and social invisibility in the living space

Journal title SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE
Author/s Fabrizio Floris
Online First 10/7/2026 Issue 2026/Online First
Language Italian Pages 18 P. 1-18 File size 134 KB
DOI 10.3280/SUR2026-22456
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This article examines forms of housing marginality in which continued access to hou-sing coexists with relational isolation and impoverished dwelling practices. Drawing on a qualitative corpus developed over approximately ten years through observations, home visits and interviews in urban settings in Piedmont, it introduces the concept of dwelling of de-spair to describe the dissociation between continued housing and the loss of its social func-tion, discussing its implications for sociological analysis and welfare systems.

Keywords: domestic marginality, housing exclusion, social invisibility, dwelling, urban vulnerability, social policies.

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Fabrizio Floris, Abitare della disperazione. Marginalità domestica e invisibilità sociale nello spazio abitativo in "SOCIOLOGIA URBANA E RURALE" Online First/2026, pp 1-18, DOI: 10.3280/SUR2026-22456