Urban interventions mediated by culture and the uses of public spaces

Authors

  • Luciana Teixeira Andrade Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais
  • Clarissa dos Santos Veloso Bolsista Capes. Cientista social, mestranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Sociais da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/csu.2014.50.3.05

Abstract

This paper is focused on urban interventions mediated by culture in large cities. Such interventions aim to promote the cities with economic objectives such as attracting investors, residents and tourists. From an empirical case, the Circuito Cultural Praça da Liberdade, in Belo Horizonte, the changes in sociability at Liberdade Square and the sociocultural limits of this strategy to the urban public life are discussed. The paper discusses the concepts of landscape of power, scene and public space.

Keywords: urban interventions, public space, cities.

Author Biography

Luciana Teixeira Andrade, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais

Luciana Teixeira de Andrade - Professora do Departamento de Ciências Sociais - Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Sociais da PUC Minas. Pesquisadora do CNPq e do Observatório das Metrópoles. Bolsista Capes Proc. n. 9452/13-3.

Clarissa dos Santos Veloso - Cientista social, mestranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Sociais da PUC Minas. Bolsista Capes.

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Published

2014-12-30

Issue

Vol. 50 No. 3 (2014): September/December

Section

Dossier

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