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In this paper, the authors have shared the most compelling findings and conclusions of a broader research project,
that analyzed interpretations and experiences of what could be one of the groups most affected by the
fragmentation and segmentation of the modern city: the young. In a context of high crime rates and fear, the
socializing processes of young people within their neighborhoods display multiple characteristics, some of them
patent, others implicit. This study uses a qualitative approach, supplemented by geo-information technologies --
such as perceptual maps -- and interviews, which disclose different types of socializing spaces. Different stages of
youth development, the transmission of behaviors mechanisms and the violent occupation of public space, show
people alternative ways, in which subcultural elements are reproduced. To study them, means to intervene into the
urban sphere and youth, especially revealing patterns of city conformation that tend to ghettify enclaves of poverty
and crime.
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RESUMEN | En este trabajo compartimos los resultados y conclusiones más atrayentes de una investigación
mayor, la cual analizó interpretaciones y vivencias del que podría ser uno de los grupos más afectados con la
fragmentación y segmentación de las ciudades actuales: los jóvenes. En un contexto de altas tasas de
criminalidad y temor de la población, los procesos socializadores de jóvenes al interior de sus barrios presentan
múltiples características, tanto evidentes como subterráneas. La investigación se sustenta en un enfoque de
carácter cualitativo, complementado con técnicas de información geográfica -como mapas perceptuales- y
entrevistas, todas ellas aproximaciones que permiten establecer tipologías de espacios socializadores. Las
distintas etapas de desarrollo juvenil, los mecanismos de transmisión de conductas y la ocupación violenta del
espacio público, dan cuenta de modos alternativos de reproducción de ciertos elementos subculturales. Su
estudio implica intervenir en lo urbano y la juventud, sobre todo develando patrones de conformación de la ciudad
que tienden a guetificar ciertos enclaves de pobreza y criminalidad.
PALABRAS CLAVE | pobreza, segregación, violencia.
ABSTRACT | In this paper, we share the most compelling findings and conclusions of a broader research project,
that analyzed interpretations and experiences of what could be one of the groups most affected by the
fragmentation and segmentation of the modern city: the young. In a context of high crime rates and fear, the
socializing processes of young people within their neighborhoods display multiple characteristics, some of them
patent, others implicit. This study uses a qualitative approach, supplemented by geo-information technologies -
such as perceptual maps - and interviews, which disclose different types of socializing spaces. Different stages of
youth development, the transmission of behaviors mechanisms and the violent occupation of public space, show
us alternative ways in which subcultural elements are reproduced. To study them means to intervene into the
urban sphere and youth, especially revealing patterns of city conformation that tend to ghettify enclaves of poverty
DETALLES
Tomo: 40
Número: 120
Páginas: N_A
ISSN: 0250-7161
Idioma: Español
Copyright: Copyright Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Instituto de Historia May 2014
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