“ARTE X CHEPE”: CRITICAL CREATIVITY ON STUDIES OF THE CITY

Abstract

The article reports on an experience of research called “Arte X Chepe”, take place in popular
market in San José, Costa Rica. They worked through the arts and social sciences, the
problem of citizen participation in the processes of urban regeneration and recovery of the
city, this from the perspective of the Right to the City. We worked with people who work in
the “Mercado de La Coca Cola” to achieve a projection space and artistic creation, accompanied
by a reflection on the meanings of place for such people.