Apropiación del espacio urbano a través del taller artístico: un acercamiento a las subjetividades políticas de niños y niñas del barrio Brisas del Volador (Ciudad Bolívar, Bogotá): un acercamiento a las subjetividades políticas de niños y niñas del barrio Brisas del Volador (Ciudad Bolívar, Bogotá)

The article explores children’s political subjectivities from their social and urban par-ticipation in the neighborhood of Brisas del Volador (Ciudad Bolivar, Bogota), within the framework of the study on the experience of children and teenagers growing up in cities, Growing Up in Cities III. It is the third version of an original study by the famous urbanist Kevin Lynch in the 1970’s, and a second version by Louise Chawla in 1990. This version is led by the teachers of the Deakin University (Australia), and it is developed in 16 countries and 24 cities. The research in Bogota was carried out in Brisas del Volador. Using artistic methods, the recognition and mobilization of their appropriation of urban space, as well as their political subjectivities in terms of identity construction and positioning in relation to their environment, was proposed. As a result, we found that the expressive power of the methodology based on the artistic workshop facilitates a reflection on environmental conditions, appropriation of public space and involvement in the solutions to the problems that concern them. The children of Brisas del Volador actively construct social meanings and participate with enthusiasm to transform their environment. They feel differentially able to influ-ence, according to the complexity of the problems, but never anchored in impotence. On the contrary, they permanently cultivate hope.