The poetics of inhabiting: symbolic resignifications in Sincelejo's Calle Real

Introduction: The research focused on understanding how urban spaces, beyond their physical structure, acquire symbolic value through the social and cultural imaginaries constructed by their inhabitants. The Calle Real in Sincelejo was taken as a case study, recognized for its historical and heritage value, to analyze the social representations that were projected there and to develop a poetic literary creation as a final product.Development: A review of national and international antecedents that approached art as a means to represent and resignify urban space was carried out. Research such as those of Santofimio-Ortiz and Pérez-Agudelo (2020) in Manizales, and Guzmán-Ramírez (2016) in Guanajuato, evidenced the potential of urban art to express collective memories and experiences. At the local level, it was found that, although there are artistic expressions about Sincelejo, a research proposal combining urban analysis with grounded poetic creation had not yet been articulated.Conclusions: It was concluded that Calle Real represents a symbolic scenario of Sincelejo identity that had been little explored from an artistic-research perspective. The research demonstrated that art and literature can be effective vehicles to rescue urban memory and strengthen the sense of belonging. The resulting poetic proposal was positioned as an innovative way to reinterpret the territory, reinforcing the need for more projects that link social sciences, architecture and artistic expressions.