Mapping community reality: An approach to voices of La Fortaleza community

This paper presents the findings of the social mapping constructed in the human settlement of La Fortaleza with an aim to recognise the area, its active resources and social limitations encountered by them. The study’s theoretical position is formulated on the basis of concepts such as quality of li...

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Autores principales: García Vergara, Cristhian Adrian, Rincón Villamizar, Nydia María
Formato: Revistas
Lenguaje:Español
Publicado: Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas 2019
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.udistrital.edu.co/index.php/cpaz/article/view/14178
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Sumario:This paper presents the findings of the social mapping constructed in the human settlement of La Fortaleza with an aim to recognise the area, its active resources and social limitations encountered by them. The study’s theoretical position is formulated on the basis of concepts such as quality of life, vulnerability and fundamental freedoms of the Human Capability approach proposed by Amartya Sen. A qualitative methodology with a phenomenological approach was employed, allowing the authors to recognise community actors, institutional actors, social and structural problems and the referential facts that characterise La Fortaleza community, alongside its social, family and community implications. Notably, the results of the study, while being a part of a social representations’ study as opposed to a defined objective of the study, only demonstrates the implications within the community’s social context.