Uma análise sócio-espacial do mercado público do bairro da Torre João pessoa/PB.

Abstract

Besides being a space for marketing, public markets provide an exchange of experiences and social relationships. The origin, the development and the differentiation of these commercial fields contribute to the expansion of geographical knowledge in urban and environmental sphere. This work aims to analyze the physical and social space of the Public Market of the neighborhood, called Torre. Its features, traders who work there, the historicity of the place, goods, capital. Among the methodological procedures used are: bibliographic references, photographic records, interviews with traders and consumers, as well as qualitative and quantitative approaches, characterized as descriptive and exploratory. The theoretical frameworks of this study are based on Ferreti (2000), Pazera (2003), Santos (1985), among others.