Architecture that drives you crazy

ISBN-13: 9786206428701 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str.

Juliana Brandão

Opis

Understanding madness as a social construction, throughout Western history we have seen the various ways used to segregate those considered unproductive and with deviant behaviour, among which mental institutions are a significant example. In this universe, the Neuro-psychiatric Children's Hospital (HNPI), located in the state of Minas Gerais (Brazil), is an archetype whose materiality presents discourses of power. Considering the HNPI as a superfact, in this work I sought to understand, by reading its spatiality, the strategies of disciplining, controlling and curing exercised on the children interned there, many of whom did not even suffer from a mental disorder. Possible experiences and reactions on the part of the children are also addressed, as well as the new uses exercised in this building, which currently houses the Luiz Estrela Common Space.

O autorze

She has a degree in History from the Federal University of Pará (2012) and a master's degree in Anthropology, with an emphasis on Archaeology, from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (2015). She was a PIBIC/CNPq scholarship holder at the Emílio Goeldi Museum of Pará between 2010 and 2011. In 2018, she was awarded the Luiz Castro Faria Prize in the Scientific Article category.