Construcción de rutinas espaciales y sus efectos en las dinámicas de inclusión-exclusión del activismo LGBT en Córdoba, Argentina

in this paper we explore the relations between social space and political action, as present in the case of the lgtb movement in the province capital of córdoba, argentina. we focus on the construction of spatial routines as a determinant of social stratification among lgtb activists. by looking at the activist track of different groups, characterized as 'historical vs. recent', we analyze different uses and representations of space, and their effects on the inclusion-exclusion dynamics at play in a concrete instance political action: the first local "pride and sexual diversity march", in november, 2009. field observation records and interviews with activists show how the emergence of new activist groups in the late 1990's produced a displacement of spatial routines from the periphery to the downtown area. this process generated a dynamics of inclusion/exclusion which reproduces a social stratification of activism, compromising the goal of broadening the social spectrum of participants.