Brazilian geography : in theory and in the streets / / Rubén C. Lois González, Marco Antonio Mitidiero Junior, editors

• Pubblicazione: Singapore : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (419 pages)
• Disciplina: 910
• Soggetto topico: Geography - Brazil
• Soggetto geografico: Brazil
• Persona (resp. second.): Mitidiero JuniorMarco Antonio; Lois GonzálezR. C (Rubén Camilo)
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- References -- Part I Theoretical Contributions and Challenges for Brazilian Geography -- 2 Critical Geography: From the Office to the Streets -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 "The Crisis of and in Geography" -- 2.3 The Unity of Crisis-Criticism -- 2.4 Geography Comes to the Streets -- 2.5 A Pause for Reflection: At Coffee Break -- 2.6 Geography in the Streets: The AGB-"A Necessary Breath of Fresh Air" -- 2.7 Final Reflection -- References -- 3 Far Beyond the 'Natural Environment': Geography at the Crossroads of the Capitalocene -- 3.1 'Anthropocene,' 'Capitalocene'… and the Geographers -- 3.2 From the 'Natural Environment' to the Concrete Environment to the Environment-Territory-Place Approach -- 3.3 Better Late Than Never: The Emergence of Environmental Geography -- 3.4 The Capitalocene at the (Semi-)periphery of World Capitalism -- 3.5 Conclusion: Escaping the Twentieth Century -- References -- 4 Brazilian Geography and the Study of Territorial Formation -- 4.1 The Presence of the Past: Immanent Permanence -- 4.2 The Case of the Colony that Was the Seat of the Metropole -- 4.3 Historical Geographies, Histories of Geography and Territorial Formation in Brazil -- 4.4 Eternal Returns in the Territorial Formation of Brazil -- References -- 5 Man is His Being in the World. Geography and Geographicity -- 5.1 Geographicity -- 5.2 The Forms of Geographicity -- 5.3 Primitive Accumulation and the Framework of Modern Geographicity -- 5.4 The Adventures of Autopoiesis -- 5.5 The Spatial Malaise of Modern Society -- References -- 6 Physical Geography and the Study of Environmental Problems: The Brazilian Contribution -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Physical Geography Post-1970s -- 6.3 From Studies of Nature to the Environment -- 6.4 Environmental Studies, Topics Covered. ; 6.5 The Debate and Paths of Environmental Analysis in Brazil -- 6.6 Final Notes -- References -- 7 The Study of Cities in Brazilian Geography -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Pioneers in Brazilian Urban Geography -- 7.3 Brazilian Cities Analysed by Urban Geographers -- 7.4 The Production of Urban Geography Over the Last 30 years (1989-2021) -- 7.5 The National Symposia on Urban Geography (Simpurbs) -- 7.6 The Cidades Journal -- 7.7 Conclusions -- References -- 8 The Production of Urban Space and "Critical Geography" -- 8.1 From Geography to Metageography -- 8.2 Repercussions of This Investigation -- 8.2.1 The Level of Social Relations Producing Space -- 8.2.2 The Accumulation of Capital as a Moment of the Reproduction of Urban Space -- 8.3 The Struggles for Space in Space -- 8.4 Conclusion -- References -- 9 Dialogues on Brazilian Political Geography and Its Perspectives in the Twenty-First Century -- 9.1 Political Geography and Geopolitics in Brazil: Traditions and Changes -- 9.2 Geopolitics of Knowledge -- 9.3 Political Geography and Its Disciplinary Dialogues -- 9.4 State Management and Political Geography -- 9.5 Intradisciplinary Dialogues -- 9.6 A Note on School Geography and Political Geography -- 9.7 Territory in the Dialogues of Political Geography -- 9.8 Final Considerations -- References -- 10 The Consensual Divorce of Geography. Adherence to Neoliberalism, the Cult of Freedom and the Overthrow of Democracy -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 The Vulgate of Liberal Freedom -- 10.3 Neoliberalism Against Democracy -- 10.4 The Neoliberal Bureaucratic Symbiosis -- 10.5 The State and the Mapping of Social Rights -- 10.6 The Consensual Divorce of Geography -- References -- 11 Scientific Research and the Construction of the Field of Teaching of Geography in Schools: Trends and Challenges -- 11.1 Introduction. ; 11.2 The Development of the Field of the Teaching of Geography -- 11.3 The Indissociability Between Initial and Continuing Teacher Education, Research and Outreach -- References -- 12 The Contribution of Milton Santos to the Theoretical Formation of Brazilian Geography -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Education in Bahia and His Doctorate in Strasbourg: Regional Geography and Planning -- 12.3 Proposals for Autonomous Thought: The Two Circuits of the Urban Economy and Socio-Spatial Formation -- 12.4 The Nature of Space and the Current Conditions of Its Transformation -- 12.5 The Strength of Place: Towards Another Globalisation -- References -- 13 Carlos Augusto de Figueiredo Monteiro and the Construction of Brazilian Geographical Climatology -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 A Perspective on Climate in Search of Its True Comprehension -- 13.3 The Rhythms of Time: The Need for an Approach Using a Fine Spatio-Temporal Scale -- 13.4 The UCS-Urban Climate System -- 13.5 Conclusions and Final Considerations -- References -- 14 Aziz Nacib Ab'Saber and the Professionalisation of Research in Geomorphology in Brazilian Geography Courses -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 Institutional Spaces Prior to the Creation of Universities in Brazil -- 14.3 Aziz Nacib Ab'Saber's Contribution to the Formation of Geographic Geomorphology in Brazil -- 14.4 Final Reflections -- References -- Part II Brazilian Geography, a Geography of the Street -- 15 The Right to the City and the Housing in Brazilian Cities -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Overview of Housing Insecurity in Brazil -- 15.3 Urban Land Ownership: A Factor in Socio-Spatial Inequality -- 15.4 The World of Work and the Production of Affordable Housing -- 15.5 The Institutional Process of Recognising the Right to Housing -- 15.6 The Production of 'Social-Interest' Housing by the State. ; 15.7 The Relentless Struggles for the Right to Housing and the City -- 15.8 Final Considerations -- References -- 16 The Long March of the Brazilian Peasantry: Socioterritorial Movements, Conflicts and Agrarian Reform -- 16.1 Principles and Assumptions -- 16.2 A History of Fighting and Violence -- 16.3 "He Who Knows the Time, Does Not Wait for it to Happen" -- 16.4 Conflicts and Land Occupations -- 16.5 The Brazilian State and Agrarian Reform -- 16.6 The Fernando Henrique Cardoso Government and Agrarian Reform -- 16.7 The Future … in the New Twenty First Century -- 17 Land and Food: The New Struggles of the Landless Workers Movement (MST) -- 17.1 Current Situation of the Struggle for Land and Agrarian Reform -- 17.2 Land and Food: The MST's Struggle for the Price of Ecological Rice -- 17.3 Ecological Rice Production and Price Struggles -- 17.4 Conclusion -- References -- 18 Geography and Indigenous Peoples: Struggles of Resistance -- 18.1 Introduction -- 18.2 The Expansion Fronts in Guaraní Lands -- 18.3 Tehoka Renewals and Guarani R-existences, An Ontological Turn -- 18.4 Guarani and Kaiowá R-existences: Impasses and Challenges -- 18.5 Final Considerations -- References -- 19 The Geography of Labour Under Construction: Theoretical Challenges and Research Praxis -- 19.1 Introduction -- 19.2 The Geography of Labour: A Theoretical Construction in Motion -- 19.3 Contemporaneity of the Total Lack of Protection of the Subjects of Labour and the Working Class -- 19.4 Labour and the Working Class in the Digital Age, in Times of COVID-19 -- 19.5 Final Considerations -- References -- 20 A Popular Environmentalism in Defence of Life, Dignity and Territory (An Autobiographical Contribution from an Activist Geographer) -- 20.1 Introduction -- 20.2 The Constitution of the Environmental Field -- References. ; 21 Decolonisation Challenges of the Brazilian/Latin American Geography/ies -- 21.1 Questioning Replicant Logic and Eurocentrism -- 21.2 The Decolonial Challenge and Brazilian Geography -- 21.3 An Example of Conceptual Decolonisation: Territory and Multiplicity of De-territorialisation Processes -- 21.4 Some Final Considerations -- References -- 22 Brazilian Feminist Geographies: Occupying Space, Resisting Negation and Producing Challenges to Geography -- 22.1 Introduction -- 22.2 The Recent Feminisation of Brazilian Geography -- 22.3 The Fissures of Male Power in Brazilian Geography and the Tension Caused by Approaches to Gender and Sexualities -- 22.4 Feminist Epistemologies: Love as an Element of Spatial Policy and the Ethics of Caring for Life -- 22.5 Closing Remarks -- References -- 23 Association of Brazilian Geographers (AGB): The Construction of a Geography of Struggle -- 23.1 Introduction -- 23.2 From Foundation to Democratic Refoundation -- 23.3 From Democratic Refoundation to the Dilemmas of the Pandemic -- 23.4 Conclusion -- References -- Epilogue.
• Titolo autorizzato: Brazilian Geography
• ISBN: 981-19-3704-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910633912503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Advances in geographical and environmental sciences.