History can't be written without us in the center

Colonial trauma, the cartographic body, and decolonizing methodologies in urban planning

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ID4475952
AuthorsBjørn Sletto (0000-0002-8371-7917, The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author), Magdalena Novoa (0000-0002-6582-8429, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), Raksha Vasudevan (0000-0002-9785-9967, Columbia University)
Year2023
Volume41
Issue1
Pages148-169
Publication date2023-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEnvironment and Planning D Society and Space (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0263-7758 • E-ISSN: 1472-3433
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/02637758231153642
OpenAlexW4321792252
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited67

Drawing on the concept of 'cuerpo-territorio,' we conceptualize non-Western "other mappings" as situated and historical performances that center embodied experiences, such as the multiple and persistent traumas of coloniality, that are invisibilized in Cartesian cartographic processes. In doing so, these mappings unveil how Cartesian cartography does the traumatic work of coloniality while fostering alternative, embodied spatial imaginaries based on situated practices and visceral geographies. The article discusses three mapping projects completed at different times through distinct approaches in Venezuela, Chile, and the Dominican Republic to illuminate the pluriversality of subaltern geographies within the context of historical trauma. We suggest that the process of developing other mappings in tandem with communities constitutes decolonial methodologies that disrupt the notion of maps as traditionally understood and utilized in urban planning and development. Thus, we go beyond the tradition of participatory mapping as a technical means of visibilizing subaltern territorial claims, land-uses, and preservation practices by focusing on the potentials of other mappings to foster critical thinking, dialogue, and action

Archaeology · Cartography · Center (category theory · Citizen journalism · Colonialism · Context (archaeology · Embodied cognition · Epistemology · Geography · Political science · Politics · Situated · Sociology · Subaltern · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Computer Science · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Philosophy · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies

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