URBAN IMAGINARIES OF SOCIO-SPATIAL SEGREGATION IN SAN PEDRO GARZA GARCÍA: AN INTERPRETATION OF SOCIAL NEWS IN PRINTED MEDIA

Abstract

This document presents an approximation in the study of socio-spatial constructs of segregation in the municipality of San Pedro Garza García, Nuevo León, México, from a qualitative approach. Theoretical background on urban studies relying on urban imaginaries, as a mirror of collective construction of meanings in the city, is included. The proposed methodology is described in detail: it is based in the analysis of the historic catalog of the society section in one of the most important local newspapers, as a way of interpretation of the urban imaginary of the citizen of San Pedro Garza García, according to the law of supply and demand of social event news coverage publication. It is argued that this analysis can  be used as a reference to measure of the degree of visibilization or invisibilization of certain social groups depending on the zones of the city in which they live or stablish their daily activities and, therefore, to infer the degree of socio-spatial segregation in the territory.