A importância das escalas espaciais para compreensão do processo de globalização

Abstract

This article presents a reflection and an analysis of the space in its different scales: global, from the place and from the territory. The global one is approached as the space of the world-wide transformations, the profusion of the techniques endorsed by science, the become world-wide more-value and the confluence of the moments. In regard to the place, it is seen as the space of convergence and divergence of two rationalities: one which comes from outside, from the global scale, and imposes a standardized logic on the circulation of merchandises; another one that emerges from the place and seeks another rationality given by proximity, neighborhood and solidarity. Concerning the territory, it is seen as a space of symbolic appropriation and economic and political domination, being it a necessary mediation between the global and the place. Finally, it emphasizes the importance of an analysis that associates these spatial scales, while taken for social processes, and better theoretically supports the social practices.