So they are, so they imagine themselves, or so we imagine them? Reflections on the socio-territorial transformations of residential tourism in Malinalco, Mexico

《So they are, so they imagine themselves, or so we imagine them? Reflections on the socio-territorial transformations of residential tourism in Malinalco, Mexico》

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来源: EURE-REVISTA LATINOAMERICANA DE ESTUDIOS URBANO REGIONALES,Vol.43,Issue129,P.143-164

关键字: urban imaginary; socio-territorial transformations; real estate market; ENGLISH LANDSCAPE; GEOGRAPHY; PLACE

作者单位: [Ramirez, Irma; Cortes, Irma; Osorio, Maribel] Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, Toluca, Mexico. [Nieto, Ruben] Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, Tenancingo, Mexico. Ramirez, I (reprint author), Univ Autonoma Estado Mexico, Toluca, Mexico. E-Mail: iramirezdelao@gmail.com; iycortess@uaemex.mx; maribelosorio2@gmail.com; rnieto@uaemex.mx

摘要: Both physical and symbolic spatial transformations attributed to residential tourism are correlative to sensations, thoughts, feelings and the belief of the actors involved; thereby, studies of the phenomenon should take them into account. The paper is based on an epistemological approach that emphasizes subjectivity, not only in the experience of a rural landscape, but also in its instrumentality. In Malinalco, the latter is led and driven by a wealthy set of actors whose behavior confesses a habitus (Bourdieu), which is approximated in this paper with qualitative methods. The imagery of that group includes "hacienda" as a representation of rurality, and ostentation as a political power and status symbol. Meanwhile, modernity and postmodernity shape their peripheries, which become embedded in the town.