Lazer e cidade: a corrida de rua em Juiz de Fora - MG

Abstract

Under the city-facing contemporary transformations viewpoint it is necessary to comprehend the relations between public spaces and its users, which can be characterized by the social and spatial activities and daily use. The objective of this research is to present the research and analysis of the street race practice that takes place in the public spaces of the city of Juiz de Fora (MG) – especially in three street running events: the 70° Corrida da Fogueira (Barão do Rio Branco Avenue); the 2ª Corrida Correndo das Drogas (Garcia Rodrigues Paes Avenue/ Acesso Norte) and the 1ª Corrida e Caminhada Faefid (Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora). Throughout a review of the literature on leisure and, more precisely, on street running as leisure activity and non-systematic observations, it is possible to identify the spatial characteristics dynamics in the different spaces of the urban territory analyzed, as well as the social consequences of these events that interfere with the city’s propaganda and even its citizens life quality. It is concluded that the street running also represented as one of the various leisure activities, is increasingly present on the cities’ public spaces, as a practice that reveals, directly and indirectly, the landscape’s physical issues, the city flow, urban routes and more subjective issues related to sports marketing, territorial inequalities, sociabilities, public policies and social assistance as well.