La presente investigaci?n explora y describe la situaci?n de calle a partir del caso de Ibagu?, dado que enfatiza en fen?menos caracter?sticos que permiten la estructuraci?n de un habitus de calle, a partir de la idea de que la calle misma es un campo. Se emple? una metodolog?a de corte cualitativo, dise?o transeccional, con enfoque hist?rico-hermen?utico que se centr? en la comuna uno del municipio. Se logr? una caracterizaci?n b?sica de elementos estructurales, as? como la identificaci?n de trayectorias de vida, rutas y rutinas de desplazamiento, formas de arraigo e identidades y pr?cticas de explotaci?n y de violencia sobre el cuerpo de manera diferencial entre sexos y fen?menos psicol?gicos, tales como desesperanza aprendida y derelicci?n.This research explores and describes the street plight based on the case of Ibagu?, since it stresses in characteristic phenomena that allow the structuring of a street habitus, from the idea that the street itself is a field. A qualitative methodology, a cross-sectional design, with a historical-hermeneutical approach that focused on Commune One of the municipality were used. A basic characterization of structural elements was achieved, as well as the identification of life paths, routes and commuting routines, forms of rooting and identities, and practices of exploitation and violence against the body in a differential way between sexes and psychological phenomena, such as learned hopelessness and dereliction.Universidad de Ibagu?