Territorialização como apropriação do espaço público pelos camelôs nas romarias de Juazeiro do Norte-CE

Abstract

This dissertation is meant to examine the use of public space by street vendors - most notably by the stand living - in the territorial dynamics in the religious/commercial center of city of Juazeiro do Norte in times of pilgrimage. Juazeiro do Norte is located in Cariri, south of Ceará, with an estimated population of 249,939 inhabitants, according to IBGE (2010). Every year, approximately two million faithful get to the city founded by Father Cicero Romao Batista. In this work, the process of deterritorialization and reterritorialization of stand residents who came to occupy the newly opened Support Center for Pilgrims, near Matriz Church, a major focus of pilgrimages. To analyze the use of squares, streets and sidewalks by street vendors, it was made use of the concept of territory on Souza and Haesbeart´s view, adding that the studies that deal with the issue of medium-sized cities, downtown and central to investigate the emergence of a new central role in increasing the flow of budget, infrastructure and range of services offered in this city, the procedures used were: a) interviews, b) passive observation of the lives of street vendors and through questionnaires, and c ) record in photographs and analyzes them. This research also contributes in that it gives visibility to a little-seen daily, one in which the unregistered worker, restricted from rights seek a decent life through work, hoping for better days.