Narratives for a Forest City

Abstract

Article with interviews with Indigenous leaders led by the Traditional Architectures Research Group (GTP), from the Architecture and Biosphere Platform, hosted by Associação Escola da Cidade. In trying to give new meaning/significance to the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and Western Culture, the article highlights the importance of Indigenous knowledge in the much needed process of global environmental regeneration. Based on traditional Indigenous practices, the idea of ​​a Forest City is defended, calling for the reconciliation of natural cycles and human action, and once again placing man in the position of guardian-farmers who can reclaim a regenerative anthropic attitude towards the globe. The interviews sought to understand the relationship of the interviewees, as representatives of their peoples, with their territories and ways of building, as inputs for the activity of the architect and urban planner. The interviews were transcribed, edited by GTP participants and submitted to deponents for review. They were also the object of some preliminary reflections, still to be expanded in the future.