The beach as a place of memory and formation of sociability
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Voleyball, Sociability, Memory, Beach, Copacabana.Abstract
Introduction: Sport and urban space form a unique binomial. The city as a privileged place for social practices has an important use in sport for the production of memories and for the strengthening of sociability.
Methodology: It includes a literature review and field research to observe the events, in addition to the application of questionnaires via virtual environment with amateur players and beachgoers.
Results and discussion: Beach stands out as a place of differentiation and conflict, which institutes segregated codes, norms and uses; the beach as a place for mediation of conflicts arising from the intensity of uses that are required for this space and the beach as a place of dispute for space, from work activities to sports and leisure activities. Going to the beach is an intense exercise in socializing.
Theoretical and methodological contributions: Highlighting literature and field research as a support for research actions that have landscape, memory and sport as fundamental themes for thinking about the urban space, especially in places where there is use of leisure over time.
Conclusions: It is observed that the beach is a place where conflicts and disputes for space occur in an intense way, but the sociability that is formed around such a pleasant environment and focused on recreational and leisure activities also becomes a mark of identity From Rio. Copacabana is a world reference for the volleyball practice, venue for several international championships and for the 2016 Olympics. Thus, the shore is an important public space as a place of leisure and sociability in an urban environment.
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