Antípoda. Revista de Antropología y Arqueología

Antipod. Rev. Antropol. Arqueol | eISSN 2011-4273 | ISSN 1900-5407

El paseo de olla. Etnografía mínima de una práctica social en el Parque Nacional Enrique Olaya Herrera

No. 8 (2009-01-01)
  • Óscar Iván Salazar Arenas

Abstract

This paper is an exercise on the ethnographic interpretation of the “paseode olla”, an urban practice observed at a traditional park in Bogotá, the “Parque Nacional Enrique Olaya Herrera”. The text combines ethnographic descriptions and reflections about the urban public space as well as socio-spatial analyses of human interaction. The text emphasizes in the importance of space practices analyses as forms of culture materialization in urban contexts. It also shows the persistence of the family in contemporary urban practices.

Keywords: urban parks, family ride, public space, everyday life, urban ethnography