Abstract:
In many cities around the world, administrations have built security mechanisms to reactivate public uses of urban space. In Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, Mayor Roberto Cláudio's management (2017-2020) created the Municipal Urban Protection Program which instituted community protection cells (observation towers, drones, surveillance cameras and ostensible militia patrolling, with municipal guard). and military police riding bicycles and motorcycles) in places with high crime rates. This paper discusses the transformations caused by this “proximity protection” model in the Jangurussu neighborhood, a territory on the outskirts of the city that concentrates the highest number of adolescent deaths. The methodology is based on documentary research, direct observation of the daily life of the neighborhood and interviews with young people using the Urban Center for Culture, Art, Science and Sport (Cuca), located near the observation tower, for soiree, reggae parties. and rap performances. The results of this research suggest that the militarized territorialization of urban security policy, instead of favoring, contributes to weaken the intense uses of urban space by inhibiting and controlling the presence of young people in the observation tower's range.
Keywords:
Safety management; Public space; Field; Counter field; Architecture