Repensando el espacio desde prácticas socio-espaciales de vendedores ambulantes en calles aledañas al Mercado Municipal 9 de octubre de la ciudad de Cuenca

Abstract

This research seeks to understand street commerce as a determining factor in the social production of space, following the concept proposed by Lefebvre and the contributions of spatial sociology. Due to the strong presence of street vendors along the streets of the city of Cuenca, especially in the 9 de octubre sector, it is important to investigate how economic practices of street vendors from a socio-spatial perspective produce the urban space in the area of the 9 de octubre market in the city of Cuenca? Thinking about public space from the perspective of those who inhabit, experience and interact in their daily lives. The thesis aims to analyze and describe the social production of urban space through the practices of street vendors in the surroundings of the 9th of October Market in the city of Cuenca. For this research, a methodological strategy was designed from the qualitative and interpretive research methodology approach under the modality of Case Study, and we worked with non-participant observation and semi-structured interview. In order to understand and (re)think urban space from the perception and practices of street vendors in the city, and contribute to new debates on the ways of inhabiting public space.