Abstract

SALAZAR, Oscar Ivan. Security and Liberty: Space and Place in Family-Individual Relations in Bogotá. rev.estud.soc. [online]. 2008, n.29, pp.134-145. ISSN 0123-885X.

Space fragmentation, anonymity and individualization are some of the most generalized ideas about urban culture in modern cities. This article shows the expression of those characteristics in dwelling practices of middle class families and individuals in Bogotá. Dwelling practices are configured toward individual regions and familiar regions. Both are regionalization ways of urban space, and are produced by a long and middle term social processes that have strengthen individualization of society, reduced family and home size, and redefined meaning, form and use of urban housing. I argue that space fragmentation is associated to dispersion instead of destruction of family structure; in addition, familiar regions are an adaptation strategy that configures urban life in Bogotá.

Keywords : Family; individualization; urban housing; urban culture; urban sociology; urban anthropology.

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