Valparaíso y su comercio callejero: ¿Espacialidad esporádica y/o espacialidad saturada?

Abstract

Valparaíso and street vending: Sporadic spatiality and/or saturated spatiality? 1 RESUMEN/ El presente artículo analiza las dinámicas espaciales de las apropiaciones urbanas del comercio callejero y de sociabilización del Plan de la ciudad de Valparaíso, Chile. Se discute sobre la noción de informalidad urbana y economía informal, para finalmente enfocarse en el comercio callejero y el aparente impacto espacial de este sobre el espacio público. Asimismo, se plantea que las apropiaciones urbanas formales e informales transforman el espacio urbano en un gran retablo multi-presencial de sociabilización, exposición y venta; y, además, en una gran máquina de intercambios sociales y económicos, constituyéndose en una verdadera construcción social del espacio público. Para analizar dichas dinámicas, se proponen dos conceptos: espacialidad esporádica y espacialidad saturada. La falta de análisis espacial de estas apropiaciones urbanas ha generado una desregulación del uso de suelo, implicando una aparente saturación espacial del espacio público. ABSTRACT/ This article discusses the spatial dynamics of urban appropriations by street vending and socialization of downtown Valparaiso (called "Plan"). The ideas of urban informality and informal economy are discussed to finally focus on street vending and its alleged spatial impact on public spaces. Similarly, it is suggested that formal and informal urban appropriations transform the urban space into a large multi-presence retablo of socialization, showcasing and sales; and furthermore, in a large machine of social and economic exchanges becoming an actual social construction of the public space. To discuss such dynamics, two concepts are suggested: sporadic spatiality and saturated spatiality. The lack of a spatial analysis of these urban appropriations has resulted in a deregulation in land use, leading to a perceived spatial saturation of the public space. Palabras clave/ Informalidad urbana, comercio callejero, espacio público, espacialidad saturada.

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