Constructing an analysis method for urban collective identities

Abstract

Despite the movement of collective identities, societies maintain cultural elements linked to belonging and, in general, to their own characterization as collectives and individuals. In cities, identities deserve an analysis focused not only on the urban scaffolding but in a much more complex structure that delves into the daily collective life of the modern world. It is in this sense that ethnographic research proposes new methodological approaches for the treatment of identities, especially in the continuous socio-spatial reconfigurations where the inhabitants construct particular perceptions of the city, but at the same time shared and replicated in a spatial and temporal period. More dynamic than ever. The proposal focuses not only on conceptual development but also on methodological structuring through elements such as categories, indicators, observables, sources, and tools with which urban sociology can be treated. Consequently, the work leads to retake dimensional aspects of the object of study proposing a common scenario, which could undoubtedly be adjusted according to certain contexts and potential characteristics of urbanization. The purpose of the presentation is directed towards a continuous collaboration on the structural contents of the methodological treatment for collective identities, taking theoretical references of the collective identity as constructions that de ne societies with respect to others and that at the same time and a variation between their agglomerates (Gimenez, 2008).