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GASPAR, Jorge. Future cities and territory. Finisterra [online]. 2016, n.101, pp.5-24. ISSN 0430-5027.  https://doi.org/10.18055/Finis8875.

In this text we seek to reconstitute the most relevant material from a presentation given at an IGOT conference. The exposition was comprised of a wide range of images, which is not possible to transpose into writing. The reflection presented in this paper is structured in four points, following the introduction which affirms the “materiality” of the future, enabling us to project the city consistent with its past. The nature of the city has a past, a present and a future. The first point draws attention to the importance of fiction, namely science fiction for territorial planning of the future, attributing particular relevance to cyber fiction. The second point, “The future of today's cities”, addresses several research paths of which departing from the present identify the city of the future across different latitudes and socio-spatial contexts. In the “The future dreamt by the poor, expelled” attention is given to the dreams of the future that the most disinherited, fleeing the present, carry with them and seek to territorially deploy, whenever they have the possibility. Examples are presented of southern Portugal, perceived for centuries as the promised land. Following this, a note is made on the city and utopia, an inseparable duet since the beginning of any urban civilization, which continues to remain alive in our time in diverse political, social and geographical contexts. This leads to a particular mention of the illegal origins of urbanization that occurred in southern Europe in the second half of the twentieth century. It further reveals the importance of the digital revolution, not only in building the city of the future, but for the rebirth of utopias. To conclude, we draw attention to the permanence of the key role of urbanization and cities in solving a number of problems that will be confronted by humanity and each individual: “The city air makes men free.” a planet of cities can help humans in the path toward prosperity and happiness.

Palabras clave : City; future; cyberpunk; cyberfiction; utopia.

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