Entre o vivido e o concebido: a espacialidade do lazer na vida cotidiana da cidade de Altamira-PA

Abstract

The central objective of this study was to analyze the spatiality of leisure in the reproduction of daily life in the city of Altamira-PA, based on the tension and mediation between the representation of space (conceived space) and the spaces of representation (lived space). It is not about two antagonistic and excluding realities, but a unity that is continuously dialectic in/through space. From a theoretical and methodological mediation between the category of leisure and the social theory of space, we sought to answer the following question: how is the spatiality of leisure expressed in the daily life of the city of Altamira-PA, despite the tension and mediation between the representation of space (conceived space) and the spaces of representation (lived space)? The central hypothesis suggests that: leisure in the city of Altamira-PA is constituted as an indissoluble part of everyday life, materializing itself spatially through the collective agency of the subjects who, in an insurgent way, appropriate the different urban spaces of the city. The methodological path, qualitative in nature, was based on a bibliographic analysis, open and semi-structured interviews, and elements of urban ethnography. The results of the research demonstrated the theoretical and methodological power of the leisure category in urban studies, allowing us to discuss the limits and possibilities of the city based on leisure experiences. At the everyday level, the results showed the existence of collective tactics, materialized by the counter-uses of the city, where urban spaces are elevated to the condition of public spaces through different forms of collective appropriation. The sustained thesis states that the clash and permanent mediation between the representation of space (conceived space) and the spaces of representation (lived space) materializes a spatiality of leisure in the daily life of Altamira-PA, which stems from insurgent and unplanned practices that are created and maintained by the subjects from their daily interaction and sociability networks.