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

Abstract

From an anthropological perspective, this research aims to understand, through a qualitative approach, the socio-spatial production of the “Nigeria Neighborhood” located in Guayaquil, Ecuador. In this document, the residents of this popular neighborhood will be analyzed through semi-structured interviews, group workshops and focus groups in order to delve deeper and identify the edges of neighborhood memories and socio-spatial realities. With the help of a double-entry table with two categories and seven subcategories that was created with the objective of understanding how the residents generated a sense of belonging and the construction of community ties over the years. The main result of the study was to understand and analyze how the socio-spatial production of the Nigeria neighborhood is configured based on the experiences of its inhabitants, the reconstruction of neighborhood memory and the correlation with internal and external actors in the neighborhood. Keywords: POPULAR NEIGHBORHOODS, BARRIO NIGERIA, NEIGHBORHOOD MEMORY, ANTHROPOLOGY, SOCIO-SPATIAL REALITIES.