Architecture and urban planning: creating a new place for women
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2016
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The presence of women in Architecture and Urban Planning schools isn’t something new; Brazil had its first female graduate in architecture as early as 1908. Over time, women reached the numerical supremacy in this field. Nevertheless, being majority over their male colleagues does not prevent these professionals from having considerably lower incomes, or their works from being less prominent. If we hope to shape our cities into more inclusive environments, which take into consideration the multiple contexts and needs of its citizens, we must listen and acknowledge all kinds of experiences. The sexism in the field not only backtracks women’s careers, it also makes it harder for them to give extremely important input as knowledgeable professionals. To this day, the main voice behind planning and urban politics are those of men. Therefore, this paper will cover analyses and conjectures about the context and the social processes that have contributed to establish the situation women architects are currently facing in Brazil, where the sheer power of numbers is not enough to prevent them from being sidelined. These analyses were grouped into three distinct categories named “myths”. These proposed axes – elaborated after reading and analyzing multiple sources – were the ones considered essential to the better understanding of the place created for women in this field of knowledge. The choice of the term “myth” to name them derives from the understanding that those are anachronistic and outdated concepts, detached of today’s reality, although they still have a great impact on people’s daily lives.
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Proceedings of the IV World Planning Schools Congress, July 3-8th, 2016 : Global crisis, planning and challenges to spatial justice in the north and in the south
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