Prácticas espaciales de infancias en edificio de gran altura y densidad habitacional

Abstract

(analytical)The objective of this article is to analyze the spatial practices and representations of children living in a high-rise building in the center of the Chilean capital. With a qualitative, critical-ethnographic design and a collaborative model, 5 children from 10 to 13 years old and 6 adults from 25 to 55 years old, of different nationalities and residence times, participated in both studies. The content analysis found that the physical composition and relational dynamics in the building have severely restricted the possibilities of spatial deployment of children residing in the building, contributing to their historical invisibility and confinement. In spite of this, practices of resistance and re-signification of space were found on the part of the children, who create community in an urban framework that does not favor it. Keywords: Childhood; urban space; building; ethnography; population density; urban planning.