LANDSCAPE POLICY AND POLITICAL LANDSCAPE IN SÃO PAULO

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4215/rm2021.e20008

Keywords:

Landscape policy, Political landscape, Oficina Theatre, São Paulo Urban Policy

Abstract

This article analyzes how the concept of landscape was transformed into an urban policy device in the municipality of São Paulo, structuring institutional and emerging practices. Although traditionally presented as polysemic, the concept of landscape is seldom used in political geography. Our research analyses the landscape concepts in the Clean City Law and the Territories of Interest for Culture and Landscape as examples of the landscape policy process, which enabled the landscape's mobilization by movements opposed to governmental decisions, giving rise to political landscapes. This aspect is discussed based on field observations of the demonstrations involving the Teatro Oficina and the documents produced on these movements. The results reveal how the landscape has been used to carry out political actions and show that new understandings of the concept structure different political spaces.

Keywords: Landscape Policy. Political Landscape. Teatro Oficina. São Paulo's Urban Policy.

Author Biography

  • Dirceu Cadena Melo Filho, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza (CE), Brasil

    Doutor em Geografia pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (2017), foi bolsista de Doutorado-Sanduíche na École des hautes études en sciences sociales (2015-2016). Atua como Professor Adjunto no Departamento de Geografia da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC). Entre 2018 e 2020, realizou estágio de pós-doutorado no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia da UFRJ. É vinculado ao Grupo de Estudos e Pesquisas em Política e Território (GEOPPOL), atuando na linha de pesquisa de Política da Paisagem e Política do Patrimônio Cultural. Tem experiência na área de Geografia, com ênfase em Geografia Política, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: paisagem cultural, patrimônio mundial, geopolítica crítica.

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Published

2021-02-10

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Vol. 20 (2021)

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