Abstract:The aim of this research is to understand how public spaces are transformed into emancipated spaces by consumers. To do so, we used the context of the Belo Horizonte street carnival, a collective moment that occupies the city’s public spaces, in order to question the uses commonly associated with them. A longitudinal investigation was conducted using newspaper articles, the internet, public documents, interviews, and participant observation. As a result, the research presents a theorization on the process of t… Show more
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