Title

Alternative epistemologies as a utopian tool to understand territory from an emerging, polycentric and complex approach

DOI

https://doi.org/10.4206/aus.2019.n26-04

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2019

Publication Title

AUS

Abstract

This article is a proposal to grasp territory from a different perspective, in coexistence with the traditional and planned city. With, however, the physical discoveries of the 20th century - particularly those related to quantum physics and the theory of relativity- it became evident that space-time are inseparable magnitudes, in contraction with the tenets of Euclidean geometry and opening at the same time the possibility of discussing territory in terms of new utopias about reality. Drawing upon such utopias about reality, this means that there are no inherent hierarchical structures ruled by a fixed center; neither is there an absolute reference framework as expressed by Newtonian theory. From this point of view, the research projects a territorial transformation strategy that gives rise to new forms of self-organization in order to understand territory as a fabric and not as mere coexistence, resulting in the need to look for a new complex and polycentric space.

Issue

26

First Page

16

Last Page

21

ISSN

0718204X

Identifier

SCOPUS_ID:85074155836

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