Abstract

CONTRERAS ESCANDON, Arq. Christian. Towards a new epistemology of urban and architectural theory. Estoa [online]. 2016, vol.5, n.9, pp.92-100. ISSN 1390-9274.  https://doi.org/:10.18537/est.v005.n009.07.

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 worldsystem, 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 : Architecture; Colonialism; Design; Epistemology; Modernity; Urbanism.

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