A metamorfose da cidade: vivências e práticas quotidianas dos espaços na “Sommershield II”

Abstract

This report is the result of an ethnographic research carried out among the inhabitants of the neighborhood “Polana Caniço A” with a focus on experiences, in a space that crosses categories projected by administrative institutions of the city and local notions about the neighborhood. The spaces in the “Polana Caniço A” neighborhood are undergoing a major transformation as a result of new housing and social institutions that challenge the way in which the notions of space and neighborhood are thought and experienced. The evidence of these changes is the disappearance of characteristics associated with the name “Polana Caniço A” and the emergence of characteristics associated with the name “Sommershield II”. The historical experiences of transforming the spaces of “Polana Caniço A”, which in the recent past has undergone other transformations in terms of housing construction structures, have given rise to the name “Sommershield II” as a designation of a space within the neighborhood “Polana Caniço A” which is claimed as a neighborhood and that defies the legal criteria for organizing and naming the spaces in the city of Maputo. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)