Recortes do cotidiano: o uso de fotografias na análise geográfica das práticas socioespaciais na Praça da Bandeira em Campina Grande - PB.

Abstract

Squares were created with the finality of to be a recreation area to the society. The Praça da Bandeira,has cultural and sociospatialdiversities, whichin turn has a special attention on this paper, by snips of daily using photos to geographic analysis of sociospatial practices at this place. The choice of this object as territorial snip justifies in the fact that itself represents the experience between daily relations of productions and appropriation of public areas in Campina Grande-PB, mainly when it concerns to the using of this area on the geographic means, in other words, this thematic brings a big contribution to the Geography science, using this study to understand the spatial formation, and practices in the geographic area. In Campina Grandethere is lots public areas, of this kind, nevertheless the Praça da Bandeira stands out by its centrality and historicity in Campina Grande-PB. Such area expresses a geographicityin the means that, influences in the formation of urban identities, especially regarding to the reproduction of a social imaginary. Thereunto, we use elements of qualitative method lined in the semiotic analysis of stopped image (photography) and questionnaires, further,obtainment of bibliographic references in historic collections and internet. We hope this argument that here was proposed may contribute as a constructive way in the creation of polices to improve this area, which has become important to the society since its beginnings. By this research was possible finding the different practices in the same area, which in turn is full of symbology and cultural diversity.