Práticas urbanas e produção do espaço em ocupações informais
Resumo
Para entender a produção do espaço em assentamentos informais,
não devemos percebê-los como um mero produto da concentração da pobreza
urbana ou, ainda, como uma imitação incompleta e restrita das estruturas
formais, partilhando com estas os mesmo valores simbólicos. Ainda que
se autodenominem como “comunidades” - um modo de enfatizar a ideia de
convivência entre iguais - as favelas são, na verdade, um espaço
bastante heterogêneo, com fortes tensões internas e possibilidades
diversas de apropriação e pertencimento. Uma estrutura espacial rica e
complexa, articulada em um território estruturado por praticas urbanas
específicas. Podemos entender estas práticas através do conceito de
táticas de Certeau, pois suas possibilidades criativas permitem lidar
com as relações de poder, atuando nas fissuras do sistema para superar
alguns aspectos da precariedade sócio-econômica de uma estrutura urbana
segregadora.
Abstract
SPATIAL PRACTICES AND PRODUCTION OF SPACE IN INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS
To understand the production of space in urban informal settlements, we should perceive it not as just a product of the urban poverty concentration or an incomplete imitation of formal structures, sharing the same symbolic values. Albeit calling themselves as “communities” - a way to emphasizes the idea of “living among equals” - the Brazilians slums are, in fact, quite a heterogeneous space, with strong internal tensions and diverse possibilities of appropriation and sense of belonging. A territory organized by specific procedures and spatial tactics, settled and transformed by a dynamic everyday life, making possible to produce a very rich spacial structure and social networks. Typical urban practices found in those informal settlements may be understood as tactic movements, in Certeau´s assumption. As tactics they can develop a creative capacity to deal with the established power relations, acting in the system fissures, to overcome some aspects of economical and social precariousness in a segregated structure.
Abstract
SPATIAL PRACTICES AND PRODUCTION OF SPACE IN INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS
To understand the production of space in urban informal settlements, we should perceive it not as just a product of the urban poverty concentration or an incomplete imitation of formal structures, sharing the same symbolic values. Albeit calling themselves as “communities” - a way to emphasizes the idea of “living among equals” - the Brazilians slums are, in fact, quite a heterogeneous space, with strong internal tensions and diverse possibilities of appropriation and sense of belonging. A territory organized by specific procedures and spatial tactics, settled and transformed by a dynamic everyday life, making possible to produce a very rich spacial structure and social networks. Typical urban practices found in those informal settlements may be understood as tactic movements, in Certeau´s assumption. As tactics they can develop a creative capacity to deal with the established power relations, acting in the system fissures, to overcome some aspects of economical and social precariousness in a segregated structure.
Palavras-chave
Favela; Segregação; Cotidiano; Produção do espaço / Slums; Segregation; Everyday life; Production of space
Texto completo:
PDFDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.9771/1984-5537geo.v5i2.3785
GeoTextos. ISSN
eletrônico: 1984-5537
ISSN
impresso: 1809-189X