Towards a new epistemology of urban and architectural theory
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https://doi.org/10.18537/est.v005.n009.07Abstract
This article is a theoretical reflection review of colonialism and modernity. Some authors called Latin American critical thought, suggest that after the end of colonialism and colonial administrations, has established a world-system, where the coloniality and modernity are two sides of the same coin, and Western epistemology dominates over other epistemologies. With the background of this critical position, there is a need to review urban approaches from a decolonial perspective, and intends to discuss contemporary urban and architectural theory from the perspective of modernity / coloniality. In conclusion it arises move to specific areas of teaching urban / architectural design, in Latin American universities, the analysis of the crisis of legitimacy of modern knowledge and its global impact..
Keywords: Epistemology, modernity, colonialism, architecture, urbanism, design
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