@unpublished{theses_frw4531,
            year = {2024},
          author = {Nils M{\"u}ller},
           title = {Jump-starting a movement: intentions, approaches and experiences of a new generation of squatting collectives  in the Netherlands},
             url = {https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4531/},
        abstract = {The last years have seen a new rise of squatting collectives across the Netherlands. Compared to the
peak of the Dutch squatting movement in the 80s this new generation of collectives acts in a 
completely different political climate. With that comes different intentions, goals and approaches of 
the squatters that are more focused on community building, creating a movement and fighting for an
inclusive right to the city. In this new generation structures for communication, reflection and 
learning from each other in order to avoid making the same mistakes are not as established as they 
could be. Through adopting a militant auto-ethnographic approach I try to start such a process by 
facilitating a reflexive discussion amongst three squatting collectives. I conclude with a number of 
learnings for approaching the stated objectives that have emerged from the discussions which can 
help maintaining healthier and more effective forms of activism. Furthermore I position today's 
squatting movement in a continuos development of squatting from the early 2000s until today with 
the help of diverse literature on squatting, social movements and urban politics. I name the stronger 
orientation towards squatting as a means for other goals and the combination of disruptive and 
dangerous dissent as the strategical characteristics of the movement and the strive for more 
publicity, the engagement in Community and Movement Building and the promotion of alternative 
culture as the main objectives of the new generation within this development.}
}