Procesos de vinculación comunitaria y participación en el barrio de la Mariscal de la ciudad de Quito durante el año 2021

Abstract

Spatial appropriation is a category of social analysis along with the manifestations of a group in relation to its space, therefore, it has a sociohistorical basis on the processes of articulation of groups of people and their environment. The present work proposed to analyze the processes of community bonding and participation in the public space that take place in the La Mariscal neighborhood of the city of Quito; For this, in a framework of community environmental psychology, in addition to the bibliographic and documentary review, qualitative research techniques were applied: observation and interview. The observation that was carried out during the period between January and March 2021, made it possible to identify the different ways of linking the people who occupy the public space of the Marshal; while the interviews that were applied to 4 representative people of the neighborhood, helped to understand the factors that motivate the link between them. The results of the research process conclude that the main aspect that influences the people of the Mariscal, for the appropriation and participation of and within the public space, is the social development and safety of the community; aspects, which allow directing processes of articulation and formation of a social structure. On the other hand, among the factors that motivate the bonding of the people who live in the neighborhood are the sense of community, attachment to place and identity.