Disputas por el espacio público: una aproximación de las condiciones y dinámicas ocupación del espacio público por vendedores informales en Bogotá

Abstract

The public space in Bogota is a disputed territory, in which one of the major discussions is the commercial occupation of the territory. For the development of this research, it will be developed from the comprehensive hermeneutic paradigm, where the structuralist constructivism theory of Pierre Bourdieu will be used to understand the dynamics and social tensions within the field of study, enriching the discussion through concepts such as marginality, right to the city and resistance. The spaces of Bogota are being reinterpreted based on the needs of some of its inhabitants, action by which their function is being delimited and their access restricted under other interpretations such as mobility; generating disputes over territory. The institutions in their duty to guarantee the right to work and access to public space must mediate these discussions, since all citizens have the right to the city and to build the city. Informal vendors are one of the main agents on the occupation of the territory, in which they function as a field of interactions, but their main function is related to mobility, they develop tensions with other agents within the territory, questioning the legitimacy of their occupation.