On Configurations of Latin Americanism: Beyond Identity Perspectives

Abstract

Part of the dossier “America Civilization”, which sought multiple approaches (from the graphic reading of the territory, design and project to the historical, theoretical and conceptual approach) to investigate the meanings that this point of view has in the constitution of the graduate courses at Escola da Cidade, the essay "On configurations of Latin Americanism: beyond identity perspectives" seeks to think of the risks involved in many interpretations of Latin America that yield to the search for essences and naturalize representations. Thus, through literature and the positioning of authors, it seeks to trace historical and social experiences that mobilize discourses on the term, tensioning ongoing struggles for logic of meaning on the continent.