Intervención en zonas periféricas: pensar y hacer desde el colectivo

Abstract

The article depicts some experiences in the design, implementation and monitoring of a model of intervention called reconfiguration of axes and community ties, specifically regarding the topic of collectives in two localities that are part of two regions of study located in Mexico City’s peripheral areas. This proposal starts on the premise that peripheral areas are characterized by permanent environments and processes of deterioration of living conditions that reproduce poverty and social exclusion.

Among the harmful aspects generated by the dynamics of peripheral environments are the loss
of collective sense, trust and credibility “not only in the other, but in itself”; and consequently there
is a damage in activities of cooperation and social action.
Based on this argument, it is proposed to strengthen and restore the neighborhood relations
and the construction of collectives as a substantial social base in the implementation of programs
and social actions aimed at the attention of priority problems.
In essence the intervention that is delineated in the model is addressed to generate that the
own subject be constituted as the main actor in the transformation of its immediate environments,
having as axis the vigorization its processes of interaction and the recreation of its meanings
around joint work.