Unforeseeable Situations

A confined reflection

Authors

  • Tânia Alexandra Cardoso Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, University of Amsterdam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5935/cadernospos.v21n1p78-93

Keywords:

City Illustration; Embodiment; Artistic practices; Feminist urban research; Urban imaginary.

Abstract

Unforeseeable Situations: A Confined Reflection considers the impact of the latest confinement restrictions on the urban embodied research practice in a non-traditional academic format: city illustration. It is a non-sequential route that highlights specific and mostly iconic spaces in the city of Amsterdam while confronting them with the reality of absence. The empty spaces are juxtaposed by ghost conversations, superficial memories of my own embodied practice of walking, contrasting the superficiality of the overcrowded tourist reality in the city of Amsterdam with the solid physical elements that remain in place even without it. Drawing in the streets and learning from this interaction with urban space is an important part of my artistic research. However, everyday life, in general, has quickly changed in these last months due to the emergence and dissemination of the novel coronavirus SARS- CoV- 2 around the world. As I find myself confined behind the walls of my house, I turn to these city illustrations to reflect on my role as a female  urban researcher, learning how to cope with chronic illness, and the implications of confinement in the practice of artistic and embodied research.

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Author Biography

Tânia Alexandra Cardoso , Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis, University of Amsterdam

Tânia A. Cardoso is a PhD candidate at the Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis, University of Amsterdam, and has an MA in Urbanism from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. She is interested in researching the relationship between illustration and the city. Drawing in the streets of the city is her favourite hobby and her illustration work has been included in several international collective exhibitions; won the ‘Worldwide Picture Book Illustration Competition’ 2015 in the Netherlands, the ‘Gorsedh Kernow Creativity Award’ 2017 in Cornwall, UK and was nominated finalist for the ‘Women Cartoonists International Award’ 2019 in Normandy, France.

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Published

2021-07-03

How to Cite

CARDOSO, T. A. Unforeseeable Situations: A confined reflection. Graduate Journal in Architecture and Urbanism, [S. l.], v. 21, n. 1, p. 78–93, 2021. DOI: 10.5935/cadernospos.v21n1p78-93. Disponível em: http://editorarevistas.mackenzie.br/index.php/cpgau/article/view/unforeseeable.situations.cadernos.pos.au.2021.1. Acesso em: 13 dec. 2025.

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Vol. 21 No. 1 (2021)

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