Briefing Paper 3: What "structures of feeling" charge the affective economies of renting in the Majority World?

Soaita, A. M. (2023) Briefing Paper 3: What "structures of feeling" charge the affective economies of renting in the Majority World? Other. University of Bucharest, Bucharest. (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.10063965).

Abstract

Reporting the findings of a Critical Interpretative Synthesis of the qualitative academic scholarship on private landlords' and tenants' experiences in the Majority World, this briefing paper asks: What "structures of feeling" charge the affective economies of rental housing? The paper first introduces Raymond Williams' concept of structures of feeling. It then brings together three lines of thoughts to deduce three structures of feeling that are likely to shape landlords' and tenants' (affective) practices: greed and exploitation, ethics of care, and cruel optimism. Findings are briefly presented in the form of a table, based on which six critical observations on how structures of feeling work are presented. A brief conclusion invites housing scholars to engage the concept in housing research. The methodology is presented in the related Briefing Paper One (https://zenodo.org/records/7566096).

• Item Type: Research Reports or Papers (Other)
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Soaita, Dr Adriana Mihaela
• Authors: Soaita, A. M.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Social and Political Sciences > Politics
• Publisher: University of Bucharest
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © The Author 2023
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced under a Creative Commons license