STRUCTURAL-URBAN POVERTY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4215/rm2024.e23009

Keywords:

violence, urban poverty, metropolises, socio-spatial formation

Abstract

This article presents a theoretical reflection on interpretations of poverty, principally contemporary urban poverty, inspired by the works of Milton Santos. It is based on Geographical critical theory and other potential dialogues that contextualize and analyze poverty, understood here as the result of structural violence in territorial formation and Brazilian metropolises. It is concluded that poverty is structural-urban and can inform a qualitative debate (not only quantitative) on the lack of human dignity seeking to recognize the legitimacy of existence in places.

Keywords: Violence, Urban Poverty, Metropolises, Socio-spatial Formation.

Author Biography

  • Mauricio Moysés, State University of Campinas, Campinas (SP), Brazil

    PhD in Geography from the State University of Campinas (2023) and SWE PhD in Social Geography - Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico (2023). He is currently an accredited professor at the State University of Campinas and a member of the research group Information Circles, Urbanization and Territory (CIUTE). He has experience in the area of ​​Geography, with an emphasis on Urban Geography, working mainly on the following themes: used territory, banal space, cultural movements, public space, Hip-Hop, scene and phonographic circuit. He also works as an art educator and hiphop artist. He is the author of the book-Véi, here the conversation is straight-o Circuito RAP do Distrito Federal (Editora CRV, 2022).

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2024-07-03

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Vol. 23 (2024)

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