TOWARD AN AMAZONIAN RELATIONAL URBANISM | By Belén Desmaison Estrada
The lecture is part of the Ph.D. Course “Epistemology and Methodology in Planning Research” by proff. Antonio di Campli and Camillo Boano, DIST-PoliTO
Ph.D. Programme in Urban and Regional Development
This lecture examines Belén, a self-built amphibian neighbourhood in Iquitos, Perú, to theorise an Amazonian Relational Urbanism. Using sentipensante threads, storytelling, and visual methods, it shows how Belenians co-produce place through human, more-than-human, and ecological interactions.
Belen Desmaison Estrada, Architect & Urban researcher. Areas of research and action: Citizen Participation, Climate Change, Amazonia and Urban Planning. Coordinator of the action research projects CASA [Self-Sustainable Amazonian Cities], KNOW: Knowledge in Action Towards Urban Equality (Lima), GRRIPP: Gender Responsive Resilience and Intersectionality in Policy and Practice, and BALSA (Self-Sufficient Boat for Laboratory and Services in the Amazon). She has received recognitions at the World Architecture Forum (2018), the Peruvian Architecture and Urbanism Biennial (2019 and 2023), the Ibero-American Architecture and Urbanism Biennial (2022) and the International Union of Architects (2023).
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