About the Journal
KITANDA Journal, affiliated with the Architecture and Urbanism Program of the Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ) – Petrópolis campus – and the Graduate Program in Architecture and Heritage (PPGAP), emerges as a biannual editorial space dedicated to the circulation, exchange, and encounter of knowledge, inspired by the idea of open-air markets as popular instances of the production and reproduction of collective life. Its name refers both to Lélia Gonzalez’s concept of Pretuguês, evoking meanings of exchange and everyday knowledge, and to the territorial reference of Petrópolis, marked by the Quitandinha Palace and its colonial and slaveholding history, revisited in the exhibition Da Kutanda ao Quitandinha – 80 anos (2023). In this sense, KITANDA positions itself as a space that tensions memories, territories, and cultural practices, proposing the opening of a fair of knowledge situated in the mountainous region of Rio de Janeiro.
The journal seeks to establish itself as a transdisciplinary field of production and reflection emerging from the tensions, contradictions, and potentials of the place we inhabit. Its purpose is to expand dialogues, weave other worlds, and foster critical, poetic, and political debates in dialogue with the multiple dimensions of architectural, urban, and socio-environmental space.
KITANDA’s editorial line aims to promote interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches in Architecture and Urbanism, articulating areas such as Architectural Design, Urbanism, Landscape Architecture, Graphic Representation, Environmental Comfort, Structures, Construction Materials, Historic Heritage, Theory and History of Architecture and the City, Sustainability, among others. It also recognizes intersections with fields such as Arts, Design, History, Geography, Engineering, Anthropology, Sociology, and Philosophy, seeking to build a plural, ethical, and critical space for academic reflection.
KITANDA welcomes submissions in Portuguese and is open to the participation of researchers, artists, faculty members, and students at different stages of education and professional development. More than an academic repository, the journal affirms itself as a collective and formative space dedicated to the dissemination of knowledge, critical inquiry, and the construction of new horizons for research and practice in Architecture and Urbanism.
A Revista KITANDA constitui-se como um espaço editorial de circulação, troca e encontro de saberes no campo ampliado da Arquitetura e do Urbanismo. Inspirada nas feiras livres, afirma-se como uma plataforma de produção crítica, poética e política, tensionando memórias, territórios e práticas culturais.
A revista recebe submissões em fluxo contínuo (tema aberto), acolhendo trabalhos que contribuam para ampliar e reinventar os modos de pensar, produzir e habitar o espaço, em diálogo com diferentes áreas do conhecimento.
