Reflections on the processes of recovery of public spaces through active participation: From theory to practice

Abstract

This essay exposes the thoughts of the author regarding the theory about the right to the city, public spaces management, and social community processes. It also shows how they render to a day to day practice on the production from the people of these communal, public spaces. This reviews the concepts of citizen participation, active participation, community organization, social processes, collective learning, right to the city, social space, among others. This constrasts with what has been done in three projects or processes to recover their public spaces through the involvement of the communities towards a more integrated community development.
Keywords: public space; active participation; right to the city; productions of space; public spaces recovery.