Afro-Latin Architectures

Authors

  • Céline Felício Veríssimo Federal University of Latin American Integration
  • Andréia da Silva Moassab Federal University of Latin American Integration

Keywords:

Afro-Latin Architectures, Afro-Latin Architectural Heritage, South-South Dialogues, Architectures of Alterity

Abstract

This paper presents a historical and critical analysis to better understand and value the architectural heritage of the African-descendant culture in Latin America and the Caribbean within its diversity and geographical distribution, which is stated here as an inseparable element for the understanding of Latin American architecture. The research methodology consists of literature and imagery review, field research, and publications, which allow (a) updating the state of the art on this subject, which is absent in the architecture and urban planning literature, (b) mapping Afro-Latin settlements and architectures. The objective is to conduce to an understanding of the African architectural heritage in Latin America and awaken possible memories of these spaces. Therefore, it seeks to strengthen the inclusion of the Afro-Latinity in the debate of Latin American Architecture: quilombos and terreros, among other representations built by Afro-descendant communities that underlie mutual support with native peoples, for the architectural and cultural recognition of these territories. The discussion might contribute to South-South dialogues in policy-making, planning, and land management approaches that can safeguard Afro-Latin communities and territories from racial discrimination and strong pressure from the real estate market (in the city) and the extractivism (in rural areas) of the continent. Research results show that modernity-coloniality is historically masculine, white, and metropolitan, excluding and subalternizing women, Black and indigenous peoples, those who live differently.

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Author Biographies

Céline Felício Veríssimo, Federal University of Latin American Integration

She is an architect and has a Ph.D. in Development Planning. She is an Associate Professor of the Architecture and Urbanism career and the Postgraduate Program in Public Policies and Development of the Federal University for Latin American Integration, Brazil. She is a researcher in the group of multidisciplinary studies in Urbanism and Architecture of the South - MALOCA and collaborator of the research group ¡DALE! Decolonize Latin America and its spaces. She conducts research on the political dimension of the challenges of cities, environmental impacts, and socio-spatial inequalities, particularly with Guaraní communities, residents of urban occupations, and Afro-religious in the BR-PY-ARG Triple Border region.

Andréia da Silva Moassab, Federal University of Latin American Integration

She is an Architect and Urbanist and has a Ph.D. in Communication and Semiotics. She teaches at the undergraduate course in Architecture and Urbanism and the Graduate Programs in Public Policy and Development, and in Contemporary Integration in Latin America at the Federal University of Latin American Integration, Brazil. She is a researcher in the multidisciplinary study group on Urbanism and Architecture of the South - MALOCA and the author of the book "Brasil Periferia(s): a Comunicação Insurgente do Hip-Hop" (Educ/Fapesp, 2011). Her research addresses the right to housing, the right to territory, feminism, racism, social inclusion of technology, and cultural heritage.

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Published

2021-12-21

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 23 (2021): V!23 References of the South

Section

Tapete