Guarding presence: Absent owners and the labour of managing vacancy

This chapter on Guarding Presence is part of Lauren Wagner’s project Care Matters (www.drlaru.com/Care) which explores how the need for care labour manifests as fundamental to making housing liveable. It presents fieldwork from Tangier, Morocco on absences of occupants in housing and the different forms of presence that take their place. 

Wagner, L. B. (2021). ‪Guarding presence: Absent owners and the labour of managing vacancy. In C. O’Callaghan & C. Di Feliciantonio (Eds.), The New Urban Ruins: Vacancy, Urban Politics and International Experiments in the Post-Crisis City. Policy Press.