Socio-space study: the self-production of space in Ocupação Esperança

Abstract

The Escritório de Integração (Integration Office) accompanies the Izidora region through technical assistance actions to the residents, since 2014. The site is an urban occupation of the metropolitan region of Belo Horizonte, where is located the informal settlement, the Esperança occupation. This article aims to report the Social-space Study (LSE) methodology in this territory, applied through accompanied tours and interviews in narratives. This survey is an integral part of the Prosa undergraduate extension project and has as starting points the values of self-production and the socio-environmentally responsible training of producers of the space. It is believed that, in possession of technical information, residents can question the formal urbanization and thus restore to the group control over the productive processes of the space itself. We intend to continue this activity in 2019, in order to elaborate a new urbanization plan in the community based on the principles and practices already set up in the territory.