"First published 2020 by Bloomsbury Academic."

Table of Contents Politics of Recuperation. An Introduction. Francisco Martínez, University of Leicester, UK1. Recuperative Modes of Action: Reciprocity, Dependence and Resistance to Austerity Policies in Rural Portugal. Ema Pires, University of Evora, Portugal2. Beautiful People Eat Ugly Fruit: Ugliness and the Cracks of the System. André Nóvoa, University of Lisbon, Portugal3. If Buildings Could Speak: Makeshift Urbanity on the Outskirts of Lisbon. Giacomo Pozzi, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy4. Geographies of Public Art and Urban Regeneration in Lisbon. Chiara Pussetti, University of Lisbon and Vitor Barros, University of Lisbon, Portugal5. The Compost of Recuperation. Fabricating Social Ties in the Interstices. Marcos Farias Ferreira, University of Lisbon, and Francisco Martínez, University of Leicester, UK6. The Place of Recuperation. Limits and Challenges of Urban Recovery in Post-austerity Portugal. Luis Mendes, University of Lisbon, and André Carmo, University of Évora, Portugal7. Secondary Agents of Recuperation within the Hindu Community in Lisbon. Inês Lourenço. University of Lisbon, Portugal8. Recuperation and Vice Versa in Portuguese Folk Art. Maria Manuela Restivo, University of Porto, Portugal and Luciano Moreira, University of Porto, Portugal. Photos by Nuno Marques.9. Recuperative Dances: Reconnecting through Kizomba in a Crisis Context. Livia Jiménez Sedano, UNED, SpainConclusion. Repair as Repopulating the Devastated Desert of Our Political and Social Imaginations. Tomás Sánchez Criado. Humboldt University of Berlin, GermanyAfterword. Micro Spaces of Resilience and Resistance: Coping with the Multiple Crises in Portugal. Isabel David. University of Lisbon, Portugal List of contributorsList of figuresIndex.