This research investigated the construction of subjectivities and the dynamic of generation relations and gender, in the change of spaces and ways of life of families egresses from the field and agricultural activities to the urban space, in the Region Metropolitan of Florianópolis. Qualitative analysis of material gotten through ethnographical method was carried, consisting in 16 recorded interviews with subjects of different generations and both the genders, pertaining to the families of inhabitants of Biguaçú and Antonio Carlos cities. Also 106 questionnaires with open and closed questions in young students of the both cities had been applied. It was possible to conclude that the subjects live the experiences of urbanization of the spaces and ways of life, each one its way, extending possibilities and adhering to other values, using to advantage the information of multiple vehicles and learning new technologies, thus re-meaning their strategies of survival, social relations and themselves.
gender; generations; ways of life; urbanization