As territorialidades dos ambulantes em Natal (RN): praias da Redinha, do Meio e Ponta Negra

Abstract

The present work was elaborated in an attempt to produce a picture that exposes the geographic face of the daily life of the itinerant workers of Redinha, Meio and Ponta Negra beaches, in the city of Natal (RN). In this sense, we used the category of territoriality analysis, which involves the multiple dimensions of the human being and its relation to the space in which one lives. Initially, theoretical reflections from the areas of Anthropology, Social Sciences, Tourism and Economics were used, fundamental for an understanding of the daily life of these workers in the informal beach trade, firstly discussing the territorialities and then what is the trade informal. Aiming to approach this day to day and of this human geography, field activities were developed during twelve months (fieldwork that took place in fifty days), which were fundamental for the development of observations and dialogues with the itinerant, employing essentially the field diary, listening, dialogues and photographic records. Throughout these fieldwork, some aspects were emphasized: the home-work relationship; or lived; daily life on the beach; spatial organization on the beach; conflicts and territorial disputes; participation and political representation of street vendors; creativity and leisure of the street vendors; acquisition of goods, among others. Throughout the dissertation were used resources such as photographs, cartograms and speeches, which aim to synthesize and exemplify the facts found. At the end of the study there is a set of cartograms of synthesis and comparative analysis between the beaches of Redinha, Meio and Ponta Negra.