Participatory Methods: the Exemplary Case of the Bela Vista “Island” in Porto (2013-2017)

Q3 Social Sciences Sotsiologicheskiy Zhurnal Pub Date : 2022-03-29 DOI:10.19181/socjour.2022.28.1.8837

M. Silva, Fernando Rodrigues, A. Fontes, A. Fontes

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The authors summarize the origin and evolution of the urban “island” of BelaVista in Porto, Portugal, since the 19th century. Despite local residents mobilizing in the wake of the revolution of April 25th 1974 in the context of the urban housing and design initiative (Local Ambulatory Support Service — Serviço de Apoio Ambulatório Local, SAAL), they were unable to renovate the crumbling neighbourhood. The Residents’ Association, resisting the onslaught of demolition strategies that were driven by real estate interests, eventually managed, with the support from a technical team of architects, social scientists and activists, to mobilize residents and ensure the political commitment of an independent parliamentary candidate in order to rehabilitate the “island” of Bela Vista. The project was also subsequently supported by the Councillors of Culture and Urbanism. Though various quantitative (survey) and qualitative (interviews, life stories) methods were applied in the study, the article highlights and expands on the action-research method opposite to positivist assumptions.

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参与式方法:以波尔图贝拉维斯塔“岛”为例(2013-2017)

作者总结了19世纪以来葡萄牙波尔图BelaVista城市“岛”的起源和演变。尽管当地居民在1974年4月25日的城市住房和设计倡议(当地流动支持服务- servio de Apoio Ambulatório local, SAAL)的背景下动员起来，但他们无法修复摇摇欲坠的社区。居民协会抵制了由房地产利益驱动的拆迁策略的冲击，最终在建筑师、社会科学家和活动家组成的技术团队的支持下，动员了居民，并确保了独立议会候选人的政治承诺，以恢复贝拉维斯塔的“岛屿”。该项目随后也得到了文化和城市主义委员会的支持。虽然在研究中应用了各种定量(调查)和定性(访谈，生活故事)方法，但文章强调并扩展了与实证主义假设相反的行动研究方法。

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