Urban imaginaries and geographical constructivism: spatial holograms

Abstract

This paper has a methodological orientation (a specific qualitative methodology). It also develops the relationship between the methodological proposal and a theoretical conceptualization of a constructivist type (a geographical constructivism). The first part of the text develops the perspective of the social construction of city places. The second part analyzes the relationship between Urban Imaginaries and the social construction of places. Finally, the third part develops the central point of the article: the methodological challenges of this particular constructivist perspective. To do this, the most frequent approaches are analyzed and their limitations noted. This is followed by the methodological strategy called 'spatial holograms', which seeks to avoid the limitations of traditional approaches although it is not without pitfalls of its own.

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