Abstract

HIDALGO, Rodrigo; ALVARADO, Voltaire; SANTANA, Daniel  and  PAULSEN, Alex. Metaspace: The cosmopolitan skin of an invented environment. Representations about Barrio Italia, Santiago de Chile. Estud. demogr. urbanos [online]. 2018, vol.33, n.1, pp.79-110. ISSN 2448-6515.  https://doi.org/10.24201/edu.v33i1.1728.

The gentrification fetish has become a paradigm within the Social Sciences, in addition to his validation in the public as in the private. Therefore, this work raises the meta-space as a descriptive device on ontological and epistemological plots visualized in central zones.

With a methodology adapted from the rhythmic analysis of Henri Lefebvre, material and subjective elements of meta-spatial production are worked on the Barrio Italia in Santiago de Chile, located in the commune of Providencia. Appreciated by different actors, the area represents an interesting neoliberal facet that, developed from a position of academic activism, can shed light on neoliberal spatial development.

Keywords : metaspace; academic activism; rhythmanalysis; geographical space.