scholarly journals O Pontal do Estaleiro: estudo etnográfico da memória do trabalho na cidade de Porto Alegre, RS

ILUMINURAS ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 13 (30) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Paula Marcante Soares
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
Work Practices ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Porto Alegre ◽  
Urban Transformations ◽  
The City

A partir da experiência etnográfica no contexto urbano da cidade de Porto Alegre, RS, propõe-se refletir a dinâmica espaço-temporal da memória do trabalho apoiando-se em narrativas biográficas de ex-trabalhadores de um antigo Estaleiro. Com base no estudo das redes de trabalho vinculadas à territorialidade da região da Orla do rio Guaíba, próximo ao Cristal, em Porto Alegre, RS, propõe-se investigar a rítmica e ressonâncias do fluxo das transformações urbanas nas suas relações com práticas de trabalho operário. Trata-se de pensar as continuidades e descontinuidades do tempo vivido de uma experiência de trabalho tida como singular sob o contexto de conformação e transformação dessa região da cidade. Pretende-se refletir sobre as transformações urbanas propostas recentemente para o Pontal pelo viés de trajetórias de trabalho e das dimensões simbólicas e materiais que esse território evoca. As reflexões aqui propostas perpassam as tensões representadas pelo fenômeno de crise experienciada pela comunidade de trabalho do Estaleiro com o encerramento das suas atividades e a recente destruição de suas ruínas. Palavras chave: Trabalho Operário. Memória. Cidade.   Pontal do Estaleiro (Shipyard Point): an ethnographic study of the memories of employment work in the city of Porto Alegre, RS   Abstract  The study aims at reflecting the spatial temporal dynamics of the memories on work based on the ethnographic experience in the urban context of Porto Alegre – RS according to the biographic narratives of former workers employed at an extinct shipyard. Based on the work networks linked to the area of the Guaiba River waterfront, in the Cristal suburb of Porto Alegre, RS, the proposal is to investigate the rhythm and resonance of the flow of  urban transformation in its relationship with work practices. It is a matter of thinking of the continuities and discontinuities of time seen through a work experience which was considered singular in the context of the conformation and transformation of this part of town.  The idea is to reflect on the urban transformations that have been recently proposed for the Pontal, through work trajectories and the symbolic and material dimensions evoked by this area. The reflections proposed herein go beyond the tensions represented by the phenomenon of the crisis the Shipyard’s labor community was subjected to at the time it was closed down, and the recent razing of its ruins. Keywords: Work Labor. Memory. City.

Genova, dalle Colombiane a Capitale Europea della Cultura. Grandi eventi e processi di rigenerazione urbana

TERRITORIO ◽  
2009 ◽  
pp. 103-109
Author(s):  
Francesco Gastaldi
Keyword(s):  
Crucial Role ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
City Centre ◽  
The Past ◽  
European Capital Of Culture ◽  
Urban Transformations ◽  
The City ◽  
Historical Centre

- Major events have played a crucial role in the urban transformations that have taken place in Genoa over the past 15 years, both for the huge investments they require and for the way they have redefined the city's image. Urban transformation, upgrading and maintenance, all of which have affected the historical centre and the waterfront, have contributed decisively to the reversing of the process of physical, economic and social degradation which had been devouring many parts of the city centre. 2004 was the year Genoa became European Capital of Culture and this was a turning point in the endeavour to relaunch and consolidate the role of the city in the tourist and cultural panorama of both Italy and Europe.

Brand Clans: Consumption and Rituals Among Low-income Young People in the City of Porto Alegre

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosana Pinheiro-Machado ◽  
Lucia Mury Scalco
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Porto Alegre ◽  
Brand Communities ◽  
The One ◽  
The City ◽  
Class Youth

Abstract: This article aims to analyze the Brazilian phenomenon of ‘brand clans’ or ‘brand communities’, which means a group of young people who spend all their money buying branded clothes. The research is based on an ethnography carried out about the youngsters, mostly male, from Morro da Cruz – the largest lower class community in Porto Alegre, Brazil. On the one hand, we discuss the tension between poverty and brand consumption and on the other hand, we aim to make an inventory of subjectivities, emotions, logic and meaning of these young people coming from lower class who make great sacrifices in order to become ‘fashionable’ and thus feel socially included. The article is divided into five sections. In the first three, we discuss more theoretical topics, such as consumption, class, youth, totems and rituals. In the last two, we enter more thoroughly in the empirical universe, showing the results obtained through an ethnographic study. We argue that brands play a vital role in the life of the informants. Brands are not only a source of prestige, but also of vitality, power, and citizenship.

scholarly journals O CONHECIMENTO PEDAGÓGICO DO PROFESSOR DE EDUCAÇÃO FÍSICA DA ESCOLA PÚBLICA NO RIO GRANDE DO SUL - UMA ETNOGRAFIA EM PORTO ALEGRE

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (13) ◽  
pp. 71-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandre Scherer ◽  
Vicente Molina Neto
Keyword(s):  
Public School ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Rio Grande ◽  
Ethnographic Study ◽  
Physical Education Teachers ◽  
Rio Grande Do Sul ◽  
Porto Alegre ◽  
The Public ◽  
The City ◽  
Effective Analysis

O estudo trata de identificar que conhecimentos sustentam a prática pedagógica do professor de educação física da escola pública da rede estadual de ensino. Nesse sentido, a análise efetiva desta investigação foi centrada nas concepções teóricas, na trajetória profissional e no cotidiano dos professores de educação física. A metodologia utilizada centrou-se na perspectiva qualitativa de um estudo etnográfico envolvendo dezesseis professores e seis escolas da rede pública estadual de ensino na cidade de Porto Alegre. Este trabalho aponta para a necessidade de compreenderse, com mais profundidade, o cotidiano escolar, através de estudos de perspectiva qualitativa, onde a compreensão das relações que abrangem a comunidade escolar sustente uma ação pedagógica dos professores de educação física, sem desconsiderar o contexto social, político, econômico e cultural. The study examines to identify that knowledge sustain the pedagogic practice of physical education teachers of public school, of the state net of teaching. In that sense, the effective analysis of this study was centered in the theoretical conceptions, in the professional trajectory and in the daily of physical education teachers. The used methodology was centered in a qualitative perspective of an ethnographic study involving sixteen teachers and six schools of the public state net of teaching in the city of Porto Alegre. This work points for the need of understanding, with more depth the daily school, through studies

Urban Transformation of Muslim Spanish Cites after 1492: The Case Study of Baza, Granada (Spain); from a “Petrified” City to Its Great Expansions

2020 ◽  
pp. 009614422093107
Author(s):  
Juan Manuel Santiago Zaragoza ◽  
Francisco Javier Lafuente-Bolívar ◽  
Francisco Javier Salas-Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
Historic Site ◽  
Urban Transformations ◽  
The City ◽  
Strong Expansion

Spanish Islamic cities stagnated or declined after 1492. Because of the expulsion of Jews and Moors, despite the repopulation policies, they seemed to “petrify” their size. The uninhabited houses and the suburbs disappeared. The extension and population of the main Muslim cities, Almeria, Seville, Toledo, Valencia, Zaragoza, tended to decrease. Murcia and Granada are two paradigmatic cases of evolution. In the kingdom of Granada, Baza was an important settlement at the end of Middle Ages. Urban transformations adapted it to Castilian policies: mosques were transformed into churches, squares and gates were opened, some streets widened, and so on. However, its size remained “petrified.” In the nineteenth century, there was a strong population growth cushioned by the phenomenon of “cave-house.” From mid-twentieth century, it had a strong expansion and growth regardless urban plans. Currently, the city, declared as Historic Site, has slowed down its growth, although its planning foresees it will keep growing.

scholarly journals Impactos de la priorización peatonal sobre el comercio y los servicios a pie de calle. Ejes comerciales de la ciudad de Madrid: gentrificación comercial y pérdida de complejidad urbana = Impacts of pedestrian prioritization on retailing and street level services. Commercial axes in the city of Madrid: commercial gentrification and extinction of urban complexity

2019 ◽  
pp. 149
Author(s):  
Laura R. Salvador González
Keyword(s):  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Sustainable Mobility ◽  
Urban Centers ◽  
Street Level ◽  
Urban Transformations ◽  
The City

Resumen Los proyectos de transformación urbana que fomentan la prioridad peatonal suponen notables mejoras en la calidad del espacio público y la movilidad sostenible, y por tanto, en condiciones ambientales, sociales y económicas. Sin embargo, si no se toman las precauciones necesarias en su implementación, también pueden terminar generando indeseables consecuencias, como la expulsión y el desplazamiento del pequeño comercio tradicional, sustituido por franquicias y multinacionales, debido principalmente al incremento de valor inmobiliario del área transformada. Este modelo consolida, inevitablemente, procesos de exclusión, gentrificación y segregación socioespacial, que impulsan la pérdida de diversidad, identidad y complejidad en los centros urbanos.Ante la inexistencia de estudios que precisen estos impactos en la ciudad de Madrid, surge esta investigación, con el fin de cuantificar y cualificar los efectos generados por las priorizaciones peatonales sobre comercio y servicios a pie de calle en los principales ejes comerciales de la ciudad. Para ello, se registran y analizan, sincrónica y diacrónicamente, las actividades económicas del zócalo comercial de nueve ejes madrileños durante el período 2008-2018. Se termina verificando que dichas transformaciones han sido determinantes en la desaparición del comercio tradicional, principalmente en condiciones de mayor centralidad y de peatonalizaciones completas.Abstract Urban transformation projects encouraging pedestrian priority represent improvements in the quality of public spaces and sustainable mobility, and therefore, in environmental, social and economic conditions. However, if preventive measures are not taken in its implementation, they end up generating undesirable results, like the expulsion and displacement of small traditional retail shops, being replaced by franchises and multinational stores, which mainly derives from the increase in value of real estate properties in transformed areas. This model inevitably consolidates processes of exclusion, gentrification and socio-spatial segregation, which drives into a loss of diversity, identity and complexity in urban centers. In the absence of studies that specify these impacts in the city of Madrid, this research emerges, in order to quantify and qualify the effects caused by pedestrian prioritization on the commercial sector and services at street level in the main commercial areas of the city. To this end, all the economic activities of nine commercial axes have been registered and analyzed, synchronously and diachronically, in the period 2008-2018. Finally, it is verified the implication of these urban transformations in the disappearance of traditional retail shops, mainly in conditions of greater centrality and full pedestrianizations.

scholarly journals Coworking in Lisbon. Experiences of collaboration and sharing on changing urban context

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofia Morgado ◽  
◽  
Elisabete Tomaz ◽  
Cristina Henriques ◽  
Patricia C. Melo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Global Event ◽  
Recovery Capacity ◽  
Location Patterns ◽  
Spatio Temporal ◽  
Coworking Spaces ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The City ◽  
Different Parts

As innovative and creative ecosystems, Coworking Spaces (CWS) show high adaptability and recovery capacity in facing global event disruptions. This article is an exploratory study that aims to approach the development of coworking spaces in the city of Lisbon. It investigates the location patterns and adaptation of such ecosystems in Lisbon, by mapping the phenomenon and examining its spatio-temporal dynamics that was influenced by the urbanisation phases of the city, as well as the development and planning policies designed over the years. Starting from a broader view of CWS location in the city, this article moves on to present two particular cases, implemented in a different time and socio-economic circumstances in different parts of the city: LxFactory and The Creative Hub. This study is part of a broader contribution to COST Action (CA)18214 "The geography of the new workspaces and the impact on the periphery".

scholarly journals Urban Transformations as an Indicator of Unsustainability in the P2P Mass Tourism Phenomenon: The Airbnb Case in Spain through Three Case Studies

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 2933 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salvador Garcia-Ayllon
Keyword(s):  
Social Impact ◽  
Current Trend ◽  
Social Sustainability ◽  
Urban Transformation ◽  
Mass Tourism ◽  
European Cities ◽  
Urban Transformations ◽  
Palma De Mallorca ◽  
The City ◽  
Current Incidence

Globalization and the development of the so-called “collaborative economies” has coincided with an important transformation of mass tourism in the last decades. This phenomenon has been accentuated enormously in many European cities in recent years, generating a new P2P tourist model. The situation is having a strong social impact on the urban transformation of cities, and its characteristics are closely related to real estate speculative movements. In this sense, the analysis of urban transformation can offer interesting conclusions about the sustainability of these new tourist models in large touristic cities. In this article, we will analyse the effect associated with of so-called phenomena of “tourist flats” from the Airbnb portal in the cities of Madrid, Barcelona, and Palma de Mallorca. Through the use of GIS indicators and geostatistic analysis of spatial correlation, the current incidence of this phenomenon in these cities, and possible future scenarios of maintaining the current trend, will be evaluated and discussed. The results obtained show worrying indicators in relation to the economic and social sustainability of the current urban-tourist model created in the city which are linked to gentrification processes.

scholarly journals Castle Garth in Newcastle (UK): processes of transformation, integration and discharge of a fortified complex in an urban context

X ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Novelli
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Fifteenth Century ◽  
Direct Access ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
James I ◽  
Commercial Activities ◽  
Urban Transformations ◽  
Charles Ii ◽  
The City

Castle Garth is the name of the fortified area once enclosed within the castle walls. In the fifteenth century Newcastle became a county in its own right, however, the Garth, being within the castle walls, remained part of the County of Northumberland. The Great Hall, a building separate from the Castle Fortress (the “Keep”), which in later years became known as the “Old Moot Hall”, was used by courts that sat at regular intervals in every county of England and Wales. The Fortress then became a prison for the County and was used as such until the early nineteenth century. Beginning in the fifteenth century, unlicensed traders, taking advantage of the fact that the city authorities had no jurisdiction over the Garth area, settled there with their commercial activities. From the time of Charles II (1630-1685), the area then became famous for its tailors and shoemakers, who grew particularly abundantly on the path known as “Castle Stairs”. In 1619 the fortified complex was rented by James I to the courtier Alexander Stephenson, who allowed the civilian houses to be built inside the castle walls. After the civil war, new houses were added until, towards the end of the eighteenth century, Castle Garth had become a distinct and densely populated community, with a theater, public houses and lodgings. The main urban transformations were started in the early nineteenth century with the construction of the new Moot Hall called County Court. From 1847 to 1849 the fortified enclosure was partially compromised by further intersections with the infrastructure for the construction of the railway viaduct, thus interrupting direct access from the Castle guarding the Black Gate. Despite the development of the contemporary city has affected the preservation of the ancient fortified palimpsest, a strong consolidated link is still maintained by the sedimentation of values ​​of material and immaterial culture. The proposed contribution intends to present this process of integration between fortified structure and city highlighting today the state of the art, the conservation, restoration and enhancement initiatives undertaken in the last forty years.

Toward A Framework for Assessing the Fair Distribution of Space in Urban Streets

2021 ◽  
pp. 036119812199519
Author(s):  
Gabriel Lefebvre-Ropars ◽  
Catherine Morency ◽  
Paula Negron-Poblete
Keyword(s):  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Active Transportation ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Urban Streets ◽  
Street Space ◽  
The World ◽  
Fair Distribution ◽  
The City

The increasing popularity of street redesigns highlights the intense competition for street space between their different users. More and more cities around the world mention in their planning documents their intention to rebalance streets in favor of active transportation, transit, and green infrastructure. However, few efforts have managed to formalize quantifiable measurements of the balance between the different users and usages of the street. This paper proposes a method to assess the balance between the three fundamental dimensions of the street—the link, the place, and the environment—as well as a method to assess the adequation between supply and demand for the link dimension at the corridor level. A series of open and government georeferenced datasets were integrated to determine the detailed allocation of street space for 11 boroughs of the city of Montréal, Canada. Travel survey data from the 2013 Origine-Destination survey was used to model different demand profiles on these streets. The three dimensions of the street were found to be most unbalanced in the central boroughs of the city, which are also the most dense and touristic neighborhoods. A discrepancy between supply and demand for transit users and cyclists was also observed across the study area. This highlights the potential of using a distributive justice framework to approach the question of the fair distribution of street space in an urban context.

scholarly journals Trends and dynamics of material and energy flows in an urban context: a case study of a city with an emerging economy

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Clara Inés Pardo Martínez ◽  
William Alfonso Piña ◽  
Angelo Facchini ◽  
Alexander Cotte Poveda
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Population Growth ◽  
Construction Materials ◽  
The Other ◽  
Material Flows ◽  
Urban Context ◽  
Rapid Urbanization ◽  
Urban Agglomerations ◽  
Energy Flows ◽  
The City

Abstract Background Currently, most of the world’s population lives in cities, and the rapid urbanization of the population is driving increases in the demand for products, goods and services. To effectively design policies for urban sustainability, it is important to understand the trends of flows in energy and materials as they enter and leave a city. This knowledge is essential for determining the key elements characterizing future urban growth and addressing future supply challenges. Methods This paper presents an analysis of the energy and material flows in the city of Bogotá over the time span from 2001 to 2017. Urban flows are also characterized in terms of their temporal evolution with respect to population growth to compare and identify the changes in the main input flows, wealth production, emissions and waste in the city. Results The results of the analysis are then compared with those for other selected large urban agglomerations in Latin America and worldwide to highlight similarities and make inferences. The results show that in Bogotá, there was a decrease in some of the material flows, such as the consumption of water and the generation of discharge, in recent years, while there was an increase in the consumption of energy and cement and in the production of CO2 emissions and construction materials. Solid waste production remained relatively stable. With respect to the other large cities considered, we observe that the 10-year growth rates of the flows with respect to population growth are lower in Bogotá, particularly when compared with the other urban agglomerations in Latin America. Conclusions The findings of this study are important for advancing characterizations of the trends of material and energy flows in cities, and they contribute to the establishment of a benchmark that allows for the definition and evaluation of the different impacts of public policy while promoting the sustainability of Bogotá in the coming decades.

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