Abstract
The aim of this article is to understand the conflicts within the urban space related to the revitalization of the Mauá Docks, in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Data was collected from official documents, newspapers, blogs, and social media, during participant and non-participant observations of public events and meetings, and interviews. We argue throughout the article that recent events involving the revitalization of the Mauá Docks have demonstrated that the social production of urban space results from relatively perceptible contradictory and conflictive processes, and that events produced within the social fabric, such as demonstrations of rejection, while they do not prevent the flow of large-scale urban projects, they are nonetheless responsible for generating an effect of disalienation and demonstrating previously dormant conflicts.
Keywords:
space; social struggles; large urban projects; social movements; urban planning