Emotions, public space, and urban images in the context of COVID-19

During the COVID-19 pandemic, confinement and mobility restrictions gave rise to different questionsregarding the use and perceptions on public space, where the relational and contextual properties of thisspace may cause a diversity of emotions. We use machine learning and social network analysis to...

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Autores principales: Cabrera-Barona, Pablo, Barragán-Ochoa, Fernando, Carrión , Andrea, Valdez, Felipe, López-Sandoval, María Fernanda
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Publicado: Universidad Politécnica Salesiana (Ecuador) 2022
Acceso en línea:https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/36.2022.06
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author Cabrera-Barona, Pablo
Barragán-Ochoa, Fernando
Carrión , Andrea
Valdez, Felipe
López-Sandoval, María Fernanda
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Barragán-Ochoa, Fernando
Carrión , Andrea
Valdez, Felipe
López-Sandoval, María Fernanda
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description During the COVID-19 pandemic, confinement and mobility restrictions gave rise to different questionsregarding the use and perceptions on public space, where the relational and contextual properties of thisspace may cause a diversity of emotions. We use machine learning and social network analysis to exploreemotions in relation to the public space, based on attributes extracted from photos of the city of Quito,Ecuador, taken between April and June 2020. Our results show that an attribute of the urban landscapecan be associated with positive and negative emotions, and that opposite attributes of the images (i.e.,glossy and dirty) can both influence positive emotions regarding public space. This research inauguratesa new field of study in Latin America regarding urban emotions, and also supports a better understandingof citizen perceptions of the public space during the pandemic crisis.
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spelling oai:revistas.ups.edu.ec:article-49382022-02-24T16:24:44Z Emotions, public space, and urban images in the context of COVID-19 Emociones, espacio público e imágenes urbanas en el contexto de COVID-19 Cabrera-Barona, Pablo Barragán-Ochoa, Fernando Carrión , Andrea Valdez, Felipe López-Sandoval, María Fernanda imágenes emociones COVID-19 espacio público machine learning social network analysis Images emotions COVID-19 public space machine learning social network analysis During the COVID-19 pandemic, confinement and mobility restrictions gave rise to different questionsregarding the use and perceptions on public space, where the relational and contextual properties of thisspace may cause a diversity of emotions. We use machine learning and social network analysis to exploreemotions in relation to the public space, based on attributes extracted from photos of the city of Quito,Ecuador, taken between April and June 2020. Our results show that an attribute of the urban landscapecan be associated with positive and negative emotions, and that opposite attributes of the images (i.e.,glossy and dirty) can both influence positive emotions regarding public space. This research inauguratesa new field of study in Latin America regarding urban emotions, and also supports a better understandingof citizen perceptions of the public space during the pandemic crisis. El confinamiento y las restricciones de movilidad durante la pandemia de COVID-19 han dado lugar auna serie de dilemas sobre el uso y percepción del espacio público, donde sus propiedades relacionalesy contextuales pueden dar lugar a una diversidad de emociones. Con la aplicación de herramientas machinelearning y social network analysis, exploramos emociones sobre el espacio público basadas enatributos de imágenes fotográficas en la ciudad de Quito, Ecuador, tomadas entre abril y junio de 2020.Los resultados muestran emociones positivas y negativas asociadas a un mismo atributo del paisajeurbano, mientras que atributos que pueden considerarse opuestos (como “brillante” y “sucio”) podríantener mayor influencia en los sentimientos positivos sobre dicho espacio. Esta investigación abre unnuevo campo de estudio en la región sobre las emociones urbanas, y ofrece un mejor entendimiento delas percepciones de los ciudadanos sobre el espacio público durante la crisis de la pandemia. Universidad Politécnica Salesiana (Ecuador) 2022-03-22 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf application/pdf application/zip text/html https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/36.2022.06 10.17163/uni.n36.2022.06 Universitas; No. 36 (2022): (March 2022-August 2022): Elections in the U.S. and Latin America: campaigns, electoral behavior, polarization and protests; 149-172 Universitas; Núm. 36 (2022): (marzo 2022-agosto 2022): Elecciones en EE. UU. e Iberoamérica: campañas, comportamiento electoral, polarización y protesta; 149-172 1390-8634 1390-3837 10.17163/uni.n36 spa eng https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/36.2022.06/5070 https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/36.2022.06/5071 https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/36.2022.06/5072 https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/36.2022.06/5073 Derechos de autor 2022 Universidad Politénica Salesiana http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
spellingShingle Cabrera-Barona, Pablo
Barragán-Ochoa, Fernando
Carrión , Andrea
Valdez, Felipe
López-Sandoval, María Fernanda
Emotions, public space, and urban images in the context of COVID-19
title Emotions, public space, and urban images in the context of COVID-19
title_full Emotions, public space, and urban images in the context of COVID-19
title_fullStr Emotions, public space, and urban images in the context of COVID-19
title_full_unstemmed Emotions, public space, and urban images in the context of COVID-19
title_short Emotions, public space, and urban images in the context of COVID-19
title_sort emotions, public space, and urban images in the context of covid-19
url https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/36.2022.06