Abstract

This article proposes geoporn as an analytic lens to examine the ways in which the processes and effects of representing urban landscapes have remained remarkably consistent over several centuries. The analysis begins with the exploration of the differences and similarities between geoporn and ecoporn, suggesting that the latter lens is too narrowly focused on ecology and “nature” to examine the violences, exclusions, and power imbalances embedded in representations of place. By examining the ways in which representations of Rio de Janeiro create cascading power dynamics that range in scale from the landscape to the human body, this article proposes geoporn as an entrenched practice, an analytic frame, and a heuristic. The analysis begins with landscape paintings in Brazil’s colonial period and works through the dynamics of capital accumulation that reshaped Rio de Janeiro during a decade of hosting sports mega-events.

摘要

本文提出了地理色情作为分析镜头，以研究代表城市景观的过程和效果在过去几个世纪中保持显着一致的方式。该分析从探索地色情与生态色情之间的异同开始，表明后者的视角过于狭ecology地聚焦于生态和“自然”，无法考察嵌入在场所表示中的暴力，排斥和权力失衡。通过研究里约热内卢的表示方式创建从景观到人体的级联动力动力学的方式，本文提出了将Geoporn作为根深蒂固的实践，分析框架和启发式方法。