Dialogues on caring cities. Spaces, infrastructures and territories

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https://doi.org/10.22481/rg.v10.17932

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Urban space, right to the city, care

Abstract

This article analyzes a series of thematic productions resulting from the collaboration between CLACSO, through its Working Group on Bodies, Territories, and Feminisms, and the Postgraduate Program in Geography at UESB, as well as members of the Global Platform for the Right to the City, researchers from the Autonomous University of Barcelona, ​​the National Autonomous University of Mexico, Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada), the National University of the Northeast of Argentina, the Autonomous University of Sciences and Arts (Chiapas, Mexico), and the Autonomous Metropolitan University (Iztapalapa, Mexico), among others. The central focus of the analysis was the dialogues on caring cities: spaces, infrastructures, and territories. The objective of this dossier is to demonstrate how contemporary society addresses the problem of access to the right to the city and to care within the urban-rural continuum as a long-term urban condition.

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Author Biographies

Delmy Tania Cruz-Hernandez, Centro de Estudios Superiores de Mexico y Centroamérica: San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico

PhD in Social Anthropology from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS-Southeast). Master's degree in Rural Development from the Autonomous University of Chapingo (UACH-Chiapas Campus). Master's degree in Social Sciences with a specialization in Gender and Development from the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO-Ecuador).

Paula Soto-Villagrán , Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa: Iztapalapa, Ciudad de México

Paula Soto Villagrán holds a master's and a doctorate in Anthropological Sciences from UAM-Iztapalapa, Mexico. Her research interests include spaces of care, housing and habitat from a gender perspective, and feminist geographies. She is a member of the National System of Researchers, Level II.

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Published

2026-03-19

How to Cite

CRUZ-HERNANDEZ, Delmy Tania; SOTO-VILLAGRÁN , Paula; ROCHA, Altemar Amaral. Dialogues on caring cities. Spaces, infrastructures and territories. Geopauta, [S. l.], v. 10, p. e17932, 2026. DOI: 10.22481/rg.v10.17932. Disponível em: https://periodicos2.uesb.br/geo/article/view/17932. Acesso em: 18 may. 2026.

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Dossiê: Diálogos sobre ciudades cuidadoras. Espacios, infraestructuras y territorios