News aesthetics of urban dwell

Renewal of social movements in consolidated neighborhoods of Montevideo

Abstract

We present results of a research that investigated urban collective forms in consolidated areas of the city of Montevideo. We carry out a series of ethnographic explorations, focusing on social situations that involve various groups. We engaged with neighborhood collectives that intervene creatively in the urban territory. We take three key cases that imply new aesthetics in urban dwell, based on the renewal of historical forms of participation and articulation with local governance. These are groups that are sustained by memory and emotional plots, resolving emerging tensions in daily life. The conclusions and reflections raise the connective power of the aesthetic dimension, especially for the integration of the contradictions inherent to vital processes and the need to continue building a multiple space for the study of urban dwell.