The right to leisure: mental map and the sociability of gay men in the neighborhood of Madureira, RJ
Mental Maps, leisure, gay, territory and territoriality, Madureira
In general, leisure is associated with activities that allow fun and the personal and social development of individuals, through the practice of physical activities, hobbies, meeting friends for a chat, etc., thus enjoying pleasurable moments. Studies on leisure have shown that the topic is much deeper than a simplified view of the topic. Leisure is an achievement arising from trade union activism in the new industrial and urban society, because in its origins, leisure and work are not antagonistic, but complementary aspects of life, that is, one provides conditions for the other to exist. Therefore, leisure becomes essential in an individual's life, when using free time to carry out activities that aim to enrich the subject's existence or even with the purpose of reporting energy. In this context, the research establishes a relationship between the practice of leisure and the LGBTQIAPN+ community. The main objective of the research is to analyze more specifically the rights and leisure possibilities of gay men in the Madureira neighborhood, based on mental maps produced by visitors to this territory. The methodology uses cartography to map the practice of leisure (and its territories, equipment) by gay visitors to the place, in its cognitive approach, through the production of mental maps. The mapping work by the target audience aims to identify, locate and record the appropriation and dominance of space through agents that produce territorialities. Assuming that these gay leisure spaces are the result of a social construction, the results seek answers that demonstrate what the spatial strategies were, how the establishment and maintenance of the territory occurred and what the geographic and economic conditions were that allowed the construction of such space-territory. In addition to providing a brief history of the importance of cartography for the spatialization of knowledge.