Hipermodernidade e identidade: um estudo de caso comparativo entre Regiões Administrativas de Pelotas, RS.

Abstract

The subject of this project is part of the Urban Geography field, hence realizing considerations about the urban space production process, where the central question of this research is inserted. The main objective of this study investigated if the context of hypermodernity is related to the formation of spatial identitiy in real cases in Pelotas. Another objective used the concept of metapolis to analyze and verify to what extent the metapolisation process can be observed in the city of Pelotas. This research presents a discussion of the concept of hypermodernity and urban spatial identity that later are related to the results of the fieldwork and the current situation of the city of Pelotas. From a methodological point of view, this study used typical principles of research in the field of social sciences, specifically the qualitative research and the case study. To answer the research objectives, two administrative regions were studied in Pelotas, the so-called "neighborhoods" Sao Gonçalo and Fragata. In addition to the literature on the process of urbanization, modernity, postmodernity, hypermodernity and metapolisation it was also conducted field research in neighborhoods through interviews to local people. The results of the field work served as basis for the proposed analyzes in order to verify the relationship of hypermodernity to identity formation and the application of the concept of metápoles in the studied context, besides other analyzes.