The circulation of urban knowledge, wisdom and policies in Latin America.
The circulation of urban knowledge, wisdom and policies in Latin America.
Authors: Gabriel Silvestre, Isabel Duque Franco, Ana Claudia Veiga de Castro, Clément Orillard, Diego Arango López, Dahn Zunino Singh, Victor Delgadillo, Guillermo Jajamovich
Ibero-Amerikanisches Institut PK
CLACSO Working Group on the Circulation of Knowledge and Urban Policies
2020
This dossier presents a variety of approaches to the circulation of urban knowledge, wisdom, and policies in Latin America, encompassing diverse disciplinary perspectives across different historical periods, from the late 19th century to the present. By bringing together contemporary approaches with those from previous historical periods, the dossier aims to challenge the notion that the circulation of urban knowledge, wisdom, and policies is a purely contemporary process.
At the same time, the discussion is encouraged regarding the continuities and ruptures in the processes analyzed across different periods. The approaches presented encompass a wide variety of subjects: urban technologies and infrastructures, post-disaster urban planning projects, knowledge building about the Latin American city, proposals for transportation networks and urban and territorial planning, expertise in the development of Olympic Games, the construction of model cities, cooperation and friendship agreements between cities, and so on. Likewise, a broad diversity of actors is considered, including state and non-state actors, as well as a multiplicity of approaches regarding what is circulating: technologies, knowledge, expertise, capital, experts, institutions, and so forth. The dossier covers a variety of geographies and circuits of knowledge, expertise, and urban policy circulation. Its focus is on Latin America and includes processes involving Buenos Aires, San Juan, La Paz, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Temuco, Medellín, and Bogotá. However, these processes transcend the region, acknowledging a series of evolving relationships with other cities such as Paris, London, Boston, and Barcelona, among others. The dossier focuses not only on Latin American capital cities but also incorporates processes affecting smaller cities, though these experiences will impact the capital cities themselves. In this sense, the processes of circulation are not only transnational but also operate across different scales.
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