Culturas urbanas e espaços públicos: Sobre as cidades e a emergência de um novo paradigma sociológico

This paper begins by asking whether we will be able to build more and better cities in the near future. The implicit premise is that urban sociology, in its most classic version, is not in a position to offer indications on how to do this. In order to do it, we have to re-think and reform the theoretical frameworks and analytical procedures of urban sociology. To illustrate this necessity, the text explores areas (intermediation zones) where one can usually only see signs of the contraction of public spaces, and seeks to find in them emerging political virtues.