Notes on the concept of territory from the perspective of the history of geography

Abstract

The history of geography shows that the trajectories followed by the concept of territory are marked by a non-linearity, that is, while in certain phases the term lost ground to more traditional concepts, in others it acquired centrality in the development of research in this field of knowledge . Thus, objective research understands the paths taken by the concept of territory throughout the paradigms that influenced geographic thinking through the analysis of works by authors who centered their reflections around territory. In order to theoretically undertake the journeys to achieve this objective, we base ourselves, in the field of studying the history of geography, on the thoughts of authors such as Claval (2014a), Moreira (2015) and Andrade (2008), already in Regarding the concept of territory, the theoretical contributions are made up of authors such as Haesbaert (2019), Saquet (2020), Almeida (2005), Gottmann (2012), Andrade (2004) and Bonnemaison (2012). From a methodological perspective, we selected content analysis, with an emphasis on its qualitative techniques, as a methodological resource for analyzing the selected works. Finally, we found, within the research results, a wide variety of territorial approaches blocked throughout the history of geography, a fact that highlights the multiplicity of approaches and perspectives on the concept of territory throughout the scientific production of geography, notably the from the geography renewal movement experienced since the 1960s.