Abstract

KLEIN, Camila; KUHNEN, Ariane  and  OLEKSZECHEN, Nikolas. Permanence and movement in the city: intersections between space, place and affectivity. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2017, vol.17, n.1, pp.141-160. ISSN 1808-4281.

This paper proposes a dialogue between two empirical studies, and it discusses the place and affection concepts in order to understand the relations person-city, under the Environmental Psychology. The first study investigated how cyclists are affected by urban environment and how they appropriate it during daily commutes, and the second study sought to understand the relationship that the inhabitants of a city have with the central square. Both studies are anchored in the concept of affectivity in the city as an analysis category. It understands as the people action-transformation engine in relation to the surrounding physical partner. Although they have been performed in different contexts, the researches used a semi-structured interview as data production technique. The participants' speeches were fully transcribed and they were subjected to content analysis. This research selected the narrative fragments that could underpin the affectivity discussion in the city and the creation of places. By establishing dialogue between both investigations it can be considered if the place is established by and in the biographies that are built in the living space, it does not imply necessarily paused or rooting, but it is referred the ways how people affect and connect to the surroundings.

Keywords : environmental psychology; affectivity; place; square; mobility.

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