Apropiación territorial e informalidad urbana. Un caso en el Partido de La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

This article proposes the analysis of territorial appropriation in the Puente de Fierro neighborhood, an informal urbanization in the urban periphery of the La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Research is developed methodologically from fieldwork as well as active and collaborative participation with social actors within the case of study. The experience in the neighborhood and with the actors contributed to understanding the symbolic value that is given to a territory with local characteristics. From this research, it emerges that inhabitants of the case study appropriate the territory by naming their neighborhood, touring it, using it and representing it, both symbolically and materially. The analysis makes it possible to know the places where social relations are established and the link with the territory is strengthened; that is, by territorializing the meaning of the actors' social representations.