Abordagens não-representacionais: Por uma Geografia reimaginada

Abstract

This article presents Non-Representational Theory as a possibility for the (re)imagination of geographical thought. Through a bibliographic review, it highlights how the theory is delineated within Geography. The text emphasizes the core principles of Non-Representational Theory, focusing on everyday life, ephemerality, and the relationship between tangibility and intangibility. Embedded in a search for theoretical and practical expansion of the ways to understand the world, the theory connects with other social constructions of knowledge, particularly post-structuralism, aiming to translate the complexity of intangible events that transcend the visual and rational limitations of traditional representations in Geography. In this context, the study presents the fundamentals of Non-Representational Theory, as well as the potential of the approach, highlighting how researchers are directing their studies to comprehend seemingly ordinary and banal events, yet with complex Geography. The focus, therefore, lies in the understanding that Non-Representational Theory proposes a way of grasping geographical practice, shifting the centrality of visual representation to explore other senses, affections, intentionalities, and the inherent potentialities of relations, allowing for the exploration of a broad methodological range and enabling complex ways of producing meaning about reality.