I am Diana Lucía Mariño Puentes (1986), a colombian urban artivist and a doctor in Social Sciences of the Autonomous University of Baja California Sur, Mexico.

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As an activist, I stand out for my participation with the movement Cebras Por La Vida* specifically with the interventions in the City of La Paz (MX.) and Mexico City. Thus, I have learned to collectively demand the right to the city and legitimize it with colors. Thanks to this, I have generated artistic collective processes of tactical urbanism, which have enriched my reflections between theory and praxis.

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As a researcher, I've developed the research (2021) called:

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Artivism for social change. Experiences and creative methodological models for social transformation(action). 

Emblematic cases in Mexico City (Mexico) and Bogota (Colombia). 

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Built from participatory methodologies focused on artivism (art + activism) understood as: generating action of new artistic-political narratives aimed at social change and its ability to promote transformative actions in the creation of new imaginaries to demand the right to the city.

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My main investigative question was: Can counter-cultural resistance inspire societal change**? To achieve this, methodologically, I am building a model of transdisciplinary approach where I merge urban activism with social research. Within the analysis I propose, I demonstrate how certain expressions and artistic practices constitute forms of countercultural resistance to processes of fragmentation, diaspora and concentration, common to what has been called neoliberal city . Theoretically, from Latin American utopian thought, I discuss with three analytical categories mainly: the commodification of space, artistic and symbolic practices, and collaborative networks / social movements.

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As a researcher, my dream is to build a network in solidarity about arts, social change, and resitance. I want to offer my experience to the community and improve my understanding of the public space, as a scenario of symbolic creation***, within which it is possible to: 1) Encourage meetings to rebuild the social fabric; 2) Discuss the complexities of the current civil/social crisis; and 3) Examine the discussion of urban public space crisis and the lines of thought focused on the urban public space as a common good of humanity. 

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