Abstract
Famous for its association with the stigmas of poverty, crime, immigration, drug-trafficking and prostitution with posters, the Mouraria district, located in the center of the Portuguese capital, between the years 2011 and 2014 was the subject of an ambitious urban revitalization project promoted by the city hall of Lisbon. In the image and likeness of other processes of this type, intervention in the Mouraria sought to “open” the neighborhood to the city and create conditions to attract private investment, new habitants and, above all, visitors and tourists. The creation of a new positive urban image of the neighborhood became central to the success of the project and, in this sense, the music has played a key role. This article discusses how the different actors involved in this process resort to musical connections present and past of the neighborhood to transform the sound of public space urban both at the level of the representation of his own materiality. (Complete article in spanish language).
Highlights
Likeness of other processes of this type, intervention in the Mouraria sought to “open” the neighborhood to the city and create conditions to attract private investment, new habitants and, above all, visitors and tourists. e creation of a new positive urban image of the neighborhood became central to the success of the project and, in this sense, the music has played a key role. is article discusses how the di erent actors involved in this process resort to musical connections present and past of the neighborhood to transform the sound of public space urban both at the level of the representation of his own materiality
La misma plaza que atrae hoy a jóvenes de distintas liaciones era descrita no hace mucho como “un punto negro [de la ciudad de
“Ai, Mouraria!” Music, Tourism and Urban Renewal in a Historic Lisbon Neighbourhood
Summary
Pero los vecinos de la Mouraria también participan de las visitas cantadas y cada tarde de n de semana se reúnen en el Largo da Severa, una pequeña plaza situada al nal de la Rua do Capelão, una calle estrecha y serpenteante que ha sido protagonista de numerosos fados, a la espera de que llegue el grupo de visitantes para que comience el momento musical. Encubre una larga historia de intentos por controlar este lugar mediante la sanción de comportamientos considerados indeseables, muchos de ellos asociados a los diferentes grupos de origen inmigrante que han hecho un uso intensivo de la plaza desde su inauguración. La iniciativa no funcionó y la plaza se convirtió en escenario de negocios ilícitos y actividades informales que implicaban a
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