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Mejía, A., (2023). Cholets: distinción y sectores emergentes en El Alto- Bolivia. Una exploración del diseño, valorización y usos del “cholet“ [Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú]. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/24683
Mejía, A., Cholets: distinción y sectores emergentes en El Alto- Bolivia. Una exploración del diseño, valorización y usos del “cholet“ []. PE: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú; 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12404/24683
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title = "Cholets: distinción y sectores emergentes en El Alto- Bolivia. Una exploración del diseño, valorización y usos del “cholet“",
author = "Mejía Contreras, Andrea Isabella",
publisher = "Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú",
year = "2023"
}
Cholets are buildings whose colorful aesthetics and architectural design stand out within the urban space of the city of El Alto, Bolivia. In terms of functional division, the “cholets” are characterized by having an event hall and commercial spaces on the first floors, housing departments for rent in the middle floors and the housing of the owners in the upper part of the building. This research analyzes the complexity built upon the uses and valuations of the “cholet“. I approach this type of buildings as a cultural object in order to inquire both about the use and value – which is constructed in discourse as well as in practice - associated with these architectural forms. For this to be achieved, multiple spaces and social contexts are analyzed as value regimes - as well as diverse actors, such as users, architects and specialized critics. The focus bets on considering ‘cholets’ as a cultural product that is involved in complex identity and social distinction processes of an emerging economic sector of Bolivian society that aims to consolidate its symbolic capital. The methodology used is qualitative. Initially, a mapping of the circulation of the cholet and the different discourses and imaginary built on it will be carried out, both in social networks and media, as well as in physical spaces. Regarding space-identification, I will use interviews with building owners, architects and engineers who have built them, neighbors and critics, such as academics from the La Paz schools of architecture and curators of architectural exhibitions. Essentially, every actor that is involved in the value regimes where the cholet circulates.
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