Citizen Eyes: Mapping civic perspectives in the struggle for democratic space

Abstract

The anatomical functionality of the ocular organ is to focus and capture both specific and peripheral vision of any object, person, or place. In that same vein, this work invites us to look through the eyes of the citizen, aiming to generate not merely an exercise in observation, but an analytical vision grounded in a cartography that traces routes defined by one integrative and one collaborative coordinate, leading citizens toward democratic destinations or spaces. Once situated within these spaces, the proposal is to establish a critical and adaptive assessment of them, allowing for the analysis of both existing structures and processes, as well as those that are dysfunctional or disconnected from the voice and sentiment that shape civic reality. It is at this context that the eyes draw a cartography which, by following its coordinates, leads to three key areas within the map: the autochthonous space, the ludic space, and the AI.