THE DUTY TO DREAM IN GEOGRAPHY

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https://doi.org/10.5016/geografia.v46i1.15678

Abstract

Geographic knowledge was born together with speeches with a dreamlike content. The imagination, in fact, has found and still finds a special place in the narratives about the Earth and the human experience about it. Responding to the Bachelardian provocation, this article proposes a theoretical discussion about the duty to dream, the need to imagine. For this, through a bibliographic review, the notion of wonder and the contributions of imagination in geographic science are discussed, visiting authors linked to the theory of the imaginary as well as geographers who approach the imagination. We conclude that the duty to dream Geography is vital, since, rich in possibilities, the ability to imagine can be fruitful in several aspects of geographic making, such as writing, the end of dichotomies, dialogue with the arts and projections of future worlds in urban planning and environmental management.

Keywords: Geography; Imagination; Epistemology; Wonder; Dream.

Author Biography

Francyjonison Custodio do Nascimento, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN)

Doutor em Geografia pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). Professor efetivo da Secretaria Estadual de Educação e Cultura do Rio Grande do Norte.

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2021-04-26

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Vol. 46 No. 1 (2021)

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