Práticas cotidianas no espaço público tombado: uma análise do Complexo Deodoro de São Luís - MA

Abstract

Considering the relevance that the Deodoro Complex represents for the city of São Luís do Maranhão, its historical value in the center of the city, belonging to the area of state registration, stage of numerous political, cultural and social manifestations, researches on daily practices, in order to diagnose, based on the uses, the modes of appropriation of the free public spaces of the Deodoro Complex, comprised of two squares, Panteon, Deodoro and the Silva Maia and Gomes de Castro avenues, by the local population. To do so, it was necessary to map the different uses, to draw a etnographic and post-occupational analysis with urban and anthropological approaches, starting with the configuration of the space after the works of the Growth Acceleration Program of the Federal Government, the Historical Cities PAC. A theoretical exploratory research is carried out through direct observation using qualitative research. Given this, it is verified that social relations is maintained, encompassing a diversity of social classes, attracted to the realization of different activities, whether daily or even sporadically in specific events, be charitable, religious, political, among others and for many the reform was a gain for the city as a whole and expresses this feeling through photos published in social networks, it is soon evident the sense of belonging and citizenship provided by the program PAC- Historical Cities remains alive in these spaces public that make up the Deodoro Complex.