Interaction as a Mechanism of Significance of Public Space. An Analysis of the Usaquén Square and its Socio-Spatial Dynamics

Abstract

The paper explores dynamics at the Usaquén Square, considered from the point of view of different actors who visit it, as well as from its physical and material dimension, in terms of flow of people and activities performed there. Based on this analysis, different conflicts and meeting points were identified, determined by interaction of individuals in that space, giving it a meaning and making the individualspace relation mutually influential. As these interactions are explained in the text, the interrelationships of the different factors in space become more complex. As such, the document considers both the legislation and the process of observation and ethnographic research and, thus, the relationship with others, the problem of isolation and the fear of strangers.