Vivir la ciudad: Jóvenes cannábicos en el arte y el espacio público.

Abstract

In Mexico City, in the current context of globalization, there is a new regulationist, mercantilist/ consumer paradigm of cannabis due to the apparent legalized consumption. This new paradigm of cannabis socially and culturally reopens old contradictions in the city. This article, through an exploratory work, analyzes these contradictions through two cultural and artistic cannabis events (with various groups) in two opposing spaces, one public and one private. The neolibe ral city tends to favor private spaces for the coexistence and sociability of cannabis users, to the detriment of public space, held in August 2021. Art as a tool of social and political protest, deconstructs the stigma and at the same time reinforces the collective identity of us and thus in the taking of public space. However, art itself often seeps into a capitalist hegemonic system. The incipient cannabis community is being affected by these values that the market itself conveys: competition, entrepreneur ship, economic success, above rights and solidarity in the public space.