SOCIOECONOMIC APPROPRIATION OF URBAN SPACE IN BRASÍLIA: THE CASE OF THE SOUTH COMMERCIAL SECTOR
Urban Sociology. Informal Work. Centrality. Urban Ethnography
This study considers the socioeconomic and territorial dynamics of Brasília, focusing on the urban and architectural complex that constitutes the Central Zone of Brasília. The research unfolds through the analysis and description of appropriations, uses, and occupations of urban spaces in the Setor Comercial Sul (South Commercial Sector) motivated by work. The central objective of the Dissertation is to understand the relationships between society and space that develop in the urban center of the Federal Capital and are mobilized by the collective and individual appropriations of the urban space in the Setor Comercial Sul (SCS). The socio-spatial theory of Milton Santos is employed, enabling the analysis of the city from two complementary socioeconomic subsystems: the upper and lower circuits of the urban economy. Based on this theoretical framework, the research was able to comprehend the totality of the chosen empirical and spatial focus, in addition to highlighting the correlations and contrasts present in this locality, which influence how this territory is used by the population and the State through, for example, practices related to informal work in the region. The chosen methodological approach for the research is Urban Ethnography, applying questionnaires and participant observation in an effort to categorize and describe scenarios, actors, rules, and social practices relevant to the socio-spatial dynamics of the Setor Comercial Sul. It is concluded that there is, in fact, a contrasting structure in the SCS that directs the constitution of relationships between Society and the State in the territory, based on the classification of space into Upper and Lower SCS, the expressions and practices observed in the Camelódromo of the Setor Comercial Sul, and the differences in the use and occupation of space within this urban center.