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 geoporn 作为一个分析镜头，以检查代表城市景观的过程和效果在几个世纪以来保持显着一致的方式。分析从探索 geoporn 和 ecoporn 之间的差异和相似之处开始，表明后者的视角过于狭隘地关注生态和“自然”，无法检查嵌入在地方表征中的暴力、排斥和权力不平衡。通过研究里约热内卢的表现形式如何产生从景观到人体的级联动力动态，本文提出 geoporn 作为一种根深蒂固的实践、分析框架和启发式方法。