Abstract

MARQUEZ MERINO, Joaquín; DE MOLA LOPEZ, Enrique Loret  and  MEJIAS SALAZAR, Renier. The place like space category for the social studies. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2024, vol.24, n.1  Epub Mar 02, 2024. ISSN 1727-8120.

The article systematizes a theoretical and methodological conception that sustains the place as a spatial category, dimension of existence, from which the objects, phenomena and processes that are related to the way we live are materialized, in identity with the framework, social and territorial in which we develop. From the critique of the registered bibliographical sources, spatiality emerges as a process in which objects, processes of diverse character, society and its actions are inserted and intertwined in their arrangement, articulation and location. This article derives from a group of results from the research project Pedagogical projection of the Life Task at the different educational levels that is carried out at the University of Camagüey Ignacio Agramonte Loynaz in the period January 2020-December 2025 and aims to systematize a conception theoretical and methodological that supports the study of place as a spatial category for social studies. . Among the results, the characterization of the functions of the place stands out; as well as its understanding as a dialectical totality, in which two totalities are present, which, as dimensions, define the attributes and characteristics that transcend the system; as a complex set of relationships of a biophysical and cultural nature, theoretically sustained since its evolution, seen from a practical-attitudinal-spatial conception.

Keywords : place; culture; experience; identity.

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