Heranças e evoluções da sociabilidade e do direito à cidade em Chapecó: um olhar a partir da periferia

Abstract

The debate about sociability and the spaces that are necessary for it are a topic of great relevance to urban life today. Particularly in peripheral areas, whether traditional or new, this discussion gains relevance when we think about the possibilities available to city dwellers. This work addressed the (in)existence of spaces for sociability in greater Efapi – the junction of the Efapi, Vederti, Fronteira Sul and Araras neighborhoods. It is a suburb of the intermediate city of Chapecó, located in the west of Santa Catarina. The main objective of this work is to analyze what are the sociability practices of people on the outskirts of Chapecó and which spaces are used in these practices. The methodological approach is qualitative, considering the author as a participating researcher, given her position as a resident of the neighborhood. Therefore, the main information base is informal conversations, later supported by fieldwork and interviews. By finding community centers as a semi-public space for sociability that emerges as an alternative to the lack of public spaces on the outskirts, the research takes a different direction and finds, in these spaces and in the practices carried out there, the heritage of the urban-regional context on the outskirts of the city.