Transformações dos agentes econômicos e práticas de consumo: a influência das inovações tecnológicas na configuração urbana de Ituiutaba (MG)

Abstract

The final decades of the 20th century were marked by profound economic, social, scientific and technological transformations. The structural crisis of capital has led to changes in the media, in the productive forms, in the organization of work, spaces, territory and society, which have been impacted by changes in the technological field. The development of technical-scientific resources was reflected in the change in the paradigms of contemporary society, changing it as new standards of living, values, concepts, forms of consumption and mobility emerged. In this context, this research approaches the technological influence on the restructuring and production of urban space in the city of Ituiutaba, Minas Gerais, through the identification and analysis of economic agents, seeking to understand the relations between changes in tertiary activities and spatial practices from the perspective of consumption, in a complex task for understanding contemporary society and changes in space in time. Giving both an empirical and theoretical look at the research, from the commercial activities we seek to observe the spatial transformations of the urban soil of Ituiutaba, aiming to understand how new technologies influence urban dynamics. The main perceptions of the study indicate that humanity experiences consecutive technological transformations, which contribute to the acceleration and flexibilization of space-time, but technological evolution is not the main factor of spatial reorganization from the perspective of the activities of the tertiary sector of the city of Ituiutaba. Technology paves the way for new places of consumption and redefines spatial practices in the daily life of city dwellers.