Theorizing the Space of the Americas: Possible Ways out of Centuries of Exclusion and Oblivion
Keywords:
America Civilization, effacements, space theoryAbstract
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 argues in favor of building epistemological bases that would allow the reading of American territory in a less Eurocentric perspective. Thus, it seeks to highlight authors who have shaped our way of reading spaces, it highlights the effacements that such readings can cause and points out other authors whose views could support new possibilities.
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