Indigenous territorialities in urban centers

about places and peoples

Abstract

The urban territory, a place of contemporary social interactions, has been marked by processes of ethnic conflicts and disputes insofar as it is not created for the diversity of peoples that inhabit it. This article aims to problematize the indigenous presence in urban centers and discuss the role of architecture and urbanism as agents of social transformation, capable of encouraging intercultural relations based on respect for ethnic diversity, based on the memory of these populations and the spaces occupied by them over time. Adopting a qualitative methodological approach, the text begins with a discussion about the indigenous presence in cities based on bibliographical research and oral history reports, followed by an analysis of these interethnic relations in different urban contexts in the State of Santa Catarina and finally presents and analyzes two spatial proposals that indicate processes of participatory projects and the recognition of cultural diversity as preponderant instruments for the design of spatial interventions more appropriate to the urban multicultural context.