I dwell, therefore I insist: poetics, resistance and autonomy in public space

Abstract

The “Do-It-Yourself” sense is revealed in this article to address an autonomous production of public space as a possibility of resistance to a hegemonic production of the space. Reflections are raised on the relationship established between two active groups who stand for the right to the city, the Lauro Vieira Chaves neighborhood — then threatened with the possibility of eviction — and Canto, the Universidade Federal do Ceará’s Model Office of Architecture and Urbanism. Based on the concepts of tactics and horizontality, this relationship is observed in its articulation as claim potential through artistic and affective appropriation of urban public spaces.