I centri antiviolenza come pratica di urban commoning. Riflessioni ed esperienze nel contesto italiano e romano

The aim of this paper is to reflect on the theme of urban commons and, in particular, to propose an interpretation of the experience of Italian anti-violence centres in this context. The first part of the paper is dedicated to the theoretical contextualisation of the urban commons. A second part reconstructs the emergence of anti-violence centres in Italy and their evolution over time. The third part is dedicated to the Roman experience of the Lucha y Siesta House, which explicitly declares itself to be a common good managed and shared. In the background and in the conclusions, the tension between the specific identity of the Cav and Women’s Houses and the relationship with the institutions remains, also taking into account the two models of shared management used in our country to care for and manage common goods.