Minas, as in mines

A hauntological approach to the site of disaster

Master thesis (2022)

Authors

A. da Porciúncula Paias Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

Vanessa Grossman Public Building and Housing Design (supervisor 1)
H.L. van der Meel Architectural Engineering - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 1)
Stavros Kousoulas Theory, Territories & Transitions - Architecture and the Built Environment (supervisor 1)
H.W. de Wolff Urban Development Management - Architecture and the Built Environment (coach)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment
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Published Date

01-07-2022

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

This project deals with the event of disaster; more specifically, the contamination and destruction by a wave of sediment of towns in the Iron Quadrangle and the Rio Doce valley after the rupture of a tailings dam on November 5, 2015, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Through the manipulation and questioning of concepts such as hauntology, ongoingness, contamination, co-constitution, purity and complexity drawn from several theoretical sources, this work proposes a life-affirming site for the circulation of materials, people and knowledge, against the threat of premature death posed by the extractive economy.