637. 19s generation. Affective mapping of the earthquake of September 19 of 2017 in Mexico

Abstract

Through narrative and participative cartography, we analyse young volunteers’ memory in the wake of the September 19, 2017 earthquake in Mexico. We analyze youth subjective construction comparatively with the previous generation who lived the 1985 earthquake. We further develop a first approximation of the socio-political impact derived from this volunteer work. It is suggested that voluntary action after the earthquake has allowed the symbolic reconstruction of the city because young people’s action in specific places has produced new emotional places, as well as political subjects. Building places means building the city, a prefigurative and emerging form of political action in a world where urban culture is dominant.