COMMERCE AND GEOGRAPHICAL MILIEU

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https://doi.org/10.4215/rm2024.e23031

Abstract

Trade has always been a traditional topic of study in geography, present in different approaches. In this work, commerce is interpreted from the perspective of technique, approaching the technical phenomenon geographically, that is, through the geographical milieu and its manifestations. This article aims to propose an interpretation of trade through geography from the category of geographical milieu. Based on Milton Santos' proposal for the periodization of geographical space, we relate the natural milieu and exchanges, the technical milieu and traditional commerce, reaching the current period with the emergence of the technical-scientific-informational milieu and its corresponding form of commerce, the e-commerce.

Keywords: geographical space; technical-scientific-informational milieu; e-commerce.

Author Biography

  • Igor Venceslau, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo (SP), Brazil

    Professor of theory and method in the Department of Geography at the University of São Paulo (USP), on a fixed-term contract, teaching the subject Planning. PhD in human geography from USP, with a research internship at the Université de Lyon, France, supported by the São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP), whose thesis entitled "Geographic space and digital economy: uses of the Brazilian territory for e-commerce" received the Capes Thesis Award in 2024. Master's degree in human geography from USP, with a research internship at the University of Kentucky, USA, supported by FAPESP. Graduated in geography with a specialization in geography teaching from the State University of Santa Cruz (UESC). Member of the Association of Brazilian Geographers - São Paulo section (AGB SP) and of the editorial board of the scientific journal Boletim Campineiro de Geografia. Member of the research group "Território praticado, conjuntura e technopolítica" of CNPq, in the research line "Psychosphere and theory of territorial planning". He was part of the group of researchers at the Oscar Sala Chair in Digital Studies at the Institute of Advanced Studies (IEA) at USP. He has been an academic member of the General Commission on the Post Office of the Chamber of Deputies, in Brasília - DF, since 2017. He conducts research in human geography, mainly in the following areas: economic geography; regional geography; territorial, urban and regional planning; theory and method of geography.

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2024-10-27

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Vol. 23 (2024)

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