Métodos de observação e percepção na leitura da paisagem a partir dos Espaços Públicos em Ponta Grossa-PR

Abstract

The interdisciplinarity intrinsic to the dialogue between theoretical and reflective horizons of Cultural Geography and Human Geography, complemented by the methodological apprehensions of research/action of Social Representations, makes it possible to explore the symbolic, cognitive and meaning of the lived (and read) reality of an urban public space. Between academic perspectives and popular participation, this debate emphasizes that, only through this relationship, expressed by geography, does it become possible to understand a public space, beyond preconceptions. However, it is noteworthy that from the observation, perception and interpretation promoted by reading the landscape, elements and contexts are apprehended that corroborate the listing of a public space as a special religious, cultural, musical, sports and leisure reference. These were ways of reading the identity of a given public space, at the same time that it is evident that the Environmental Complex and Praça Barão do Rio Branco compete as the main public spaces experienced by society, whether as a transit of trajectories and destinations, or as a lived place – thus relating it as an aspect of pause, in the face of movement. The results achieved are considered to be evidence of research/action and methods of observation and reading of the landscape as a means of understanding everyday life and the identity of an urban public space.