GEOGRAPHISM AND POPULAR CULTURE

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4215/rm2018.e17013

Keywords:

Rubem Berta Residential Complex, Topophilia, Topophobia, Place, Landscape

Abstract

The peripheries of cities and their inhabitants are represented by stigmas which are (re)produced as marks of an immutable stereotype, through derogatory values that blame them for the maladies of the city. However, it is important to investigate whether the culture of these populations is made up solely by poverty and violence as this single discourse about such communities would have us believe, in a type of geographical prejudice, geographism. From this point of view, this article examines the perspectives of  the Rubem Berta neighborhood in Porto Alegre. This work uses the approach of Cultural and Humanistic Geography to investigate the concepts of geographism, speech, identity, place and landscape through local and non-local reports to comprehend the different meanings which social actors attribute to the place, by means of the Discourse Analysis method. The reports helped to recognize that in many cases topophilic experiences coexist with topophobic ones. This study allows an understanding of the Housing Estate not only as expressed by the single discourse, but rather as a locus of pluralities, cultural experiences, thoughts, ideas and ideals, evidencing heterogeneity in terms of place and landscape.

Keywords: Rubem Berta Housing Estate; Topophilia; Topophobia; Place; Landscape.

Author Biographies

  • Anderson Ribeiro Figueiredo, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre (RS), Brasil

    Mestre em Geografia pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia - PosGEA/UFRGS (2017). Doutorando do PosGEA/UFRGS, busca compreender a sociocriosfera e o etnoconhecimento andino, num contexto de adaptação às mudanças climáticas pelas comunidades campesinas dos Andes Centrais. Desenvolve pesquisas no Centro Polar e Climático - CPC.

  • Claudia Luisa Zeferino Pires, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre (RS), Brasil

    Doutora em Geografia pela UFRGS, Licenciatura Plena e Bacharelado em Geografia (UFRGS). Professora adjunta do Departamento de Geografia e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Atua em linhas de pesquisas e extensão com ênfase em espacialidades urbanas, educação e cidadania e análise territorial. Tem experiência na área de ensino de geografia e educação popular. Os projetos de atuação estão relacionados aos mapeamentos participativos na Amazônia (FLONA de Tefé - AM) com ênfase à gestão territorial, na Restinga (Porto Alegre/RS e em territórios Quilombolas. Atua em projetos de diagnóstico participativos, educação popular e juventudes e geração de ambiências em espaços da periferia urbana. Atualmente, integra o Curso de Aperfeiçoamento UNIAFRO - Política de Promoção da Igualdade Racial na Escola promovido pela Faculdade de Educação/UFRGS.

  • Alvaro Luiz Heidrich, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre (RS), Brasil

     Doutor em Ciências (Geografia Humana) pela Universidade de São Paulo (1998). Professor Associado da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. Pesquisa e ensino em Geografia, ênfase em Geografia Humana, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: geração e perda de vínculos territoriais, territorialidades humanas, identidade e globalização.

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2018-06-13

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Vol. 17 (2018)

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