Project commissioned by:

• Vienna Housing Research (MA 50 – Wiener Wohnbauforschung)

Project partner:

• University of Vienna, Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology

The research focuses on the living together in Viennese neighborhoods mainly composed by subsidized estates. It discusses the following question: How does the development of the living together relate to implemented planning policies and measures at neighborhood level? 

The qualitative, empirical research builds on the juxtaposition of two interview series with residents. The report draws from material collected in the context of this research project and of an earlier one, also commissioned by the Vienna Housing Research in 2011. We recorded the persons’ residential histories as well as their dwelling practices in biographical, narrative interviews. Most persons interviewed in 2011 were interviewed again in 2018. 

This method results in an in-depth analysis concerning both the quality of data and its temporal dimension, which is rare in research on the living together in residential areas in Vienna. 

Project period: 2018 

Project team: Daniele Karasz, Madlyn Miessgang