Condiciones témporo-espaciales de adolescentes que habitan en una copropiedad horizontal de la ciudad de Barranquilla, Colombia

Abstract

This research has as its main objective the identification of the temporal-spatial conditions of children aged 8 to 11, who are residents in a horizontal coparcenary in Barranquilla, Colombia, composed of three blocks or residential buildings, an administration, common areas and delimitated by walls and a monitoring system. The problem identified consists of the conditions of loneliness, confinement to the room, video game addiction, physical inactivity and poor social relationships that these ''apartment children'' have .The methodology used was the Nuclei of Social Education, NEF. The main findings have to do with the six spaces that emerged in the investigation and their respective time frames. These spaces are outside, the boundary, the nearby, the local, the vertical and the underground. The strategy was used to identify the temporal-spatial conditions through the activity of playing and the expectations these children have in expanding their spatiality. It was concluded that children in the age range selected have restrictions to play areas, spreading out and problems of social interaction with teenagers.