Memorias barriales y producción socioespacial en los barrios populares de Guayaquil: una aproximación antropológica a la historicidad del barrio Nigeria

Abstract

The popular neighborhoods are unplanned residential areas built by their own inhabitants to ensure protection and services, resulting from various factors such as socio-spatial inequality and stigmatization. This research aims to reconstruct the historical memory of the Nigeria neighborhood based on documentary sources. The investigation was conducted in complementary phases, including fieldwork and documentary review, to understand the events that led to the formation of Nigeria. From the beginnings that gave rise to informal settlements in Guayaquil to the consolidation of the neighborhood and its evolution to the present day. Among the main findings, it was observed that the use of timelines as a tool facilitates the observation of different periods and contexts that influenced the development of the Nigeria neighborhood. KEY WORDS: ANTHROPOLOGY, INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS, NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITY, ESTIGMATIZATION.