SPATIAL INTERACTIONS AND PRODUCTION OF URBAN SPACE: THE FREE FAIR OF APODI (RN) IN THE CURRENT STAGE OF GLOBALIZATION
Globalization; Spatial interactions; Free market; Apodi-RN; Periodical market.
This dissertation analyzes the production of urban space in Apodi-RN based on the dynamics of its free market, understood as a periodic market of great historical and contemporary relevance. Based on theoretical references on the production of urban space, globalization and spatial interactions (fixes and flows), the research investigates the relationship between the free market and the transformation of urban space in different historical periods, including the current stage of globalization. The methodology adopted involves bibliographical research, analysis of statistical data, historical documents and fieldwork, organized to meet the specific objectives. The work is structured in three chapters: the first chapter deals with the historical and contemporary production of Apodi's urban space in relation to the free fair; the second discusses the free fair in the context of the current stage of globalization, considering the key variables of this period; the third analyses Apodi's spatial interactions based on the fixes and flows associated with the fair. The results show that the street market plays a structuring role in the organization and dynamics of Apodi's urban space, functioning as a point of articulation between local history, global processes and the spatial interactions that connect the municipality to other localities. The research thus contributes to understanding periodic markets as significant agents in the production of urban space in regional contexts.