Por uma leitura situada de urbanismo: utopias e realidades: uma antologia (1965), de Françoise Choay

Abstract

The present article is dedicated to undertaking a deep reading of L’Urbanisme, utopies et réalités. Une anthologie (1965), organized by Françoise Choay. It seeks to situate this anthology within the intellectual trajectory of the author, as well as in the discursive, urban culture in which it was conceived and had it first distribution. In order to develop this work, the approach adopted was based on authors who study books as “practices and representations”, with particular emphasis on Roger Chartier. It has also been guided by the notion of "nebula", as conceived by Margareth da Silva Pereira. The article has been structured into three parts: in the first, the anthology is presented, especially, its introductory text; following on, situations are investigated in which it is possible to contemplate its conception process and how it was received; and, lastly, the findings are problematized by returning to a reading of the introduction to Françoise Choay’s anthology.