REFLECTIONS ON SPACE AND SPATIAL SCALES

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4215/rm2018.e17030

Keywords:

Politics, Production of Space, Spatial Scales, Producción del Espacio, Escalas Espaciales

Abstract

This article aims to reflect on the character of space, ontologically as a present reality in the materiality of the social being, and in the theory of knowledge as a philosophical category of analysis of this reality with the diversity of epistemological notions and concepts in the most varied approaches of studies and research. Grounded in dialectical historical materialism, this essay is intended to serve as a contribution to a necessary debate in the critique of geographical studies, and, above all, serve to critique the current social reality. Finally, in the debate against the fragmentation of space and the metrification of spatial scales, we identify the need to analyze the spatial scale based on social practices that produce unequal spaces, resulting mainly from the social division of labor and capital.

Keywords: Politics; Production of Space; Spatial Scales.

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Author Biographies

  • Pedro Paulo de Lavor, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador (BA), Brasil

    Doutorando em Geografia na Universidade Federal de Sergipe (PPGEO/UFS), na linha de pesquisa em Dinâmicas Territoriais e Desenvolvimento. Coordenador do curso de extensão Espaço, Políticas e Estudos Urbanos na Universidade Federal da Bahia (UFBA). É integrante dos Grupos de Pesquisa: (1) Relação Sociedade-Natureza e Produção do Espaço Geográfico - PROGEO (UFS) e (2) Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas Marxismo e Políticas de Trabalho e Educação - MTE HISTEDBR (UFBA). Tem realizado estudos e pesquisas nas áreas de Geografia Humana, com ênfase nos seguintes temas: território, Estado, políticas públicas e teoria e método

  • Ana Rocha dos Santos, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Itabaina (SE), Brasil

    Doutora (2008) em Geografia pela Universidade Federal de Sergipe, instituição na qual é professora do Campus Prof. Alberto Carvalho e do Programa de Pós-graduação em Geografia (PPGEO). Pesquisadora do Grupo de Pesquisa Relação sociedade-natureza e produção do espaço geográfico. Tem experiência na área de Geografia, com ênfase em Geografia Política e Ensino de Geografia, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Estado, descentralização, política pública, gestão do território, política educacional, formação de professores, prática docente, metodologia de ensino.

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Published

2018-12-21

Issue

Vol. 17 (2018)

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REFLECTIONS ON SPACE AND SPATIAL SCALES. (2018). Mercator, 17. https://doi.org/10.4215/rm2018.e17030