(Universidad de Cuenca, 2016-07) Contreras Escandón, Christian
This article is a theoretical reflection review of colonialism and modernity. Some authors called Latin American critical thought suggest that after the end of colonialism and colonial administrations, has established a worldsystem, where the coloniality and modernity are two sides of the same coin, and Western epistemology dominates over other epistemologies. With the background of this critical position, there is a need to review urban approaches from a decolonial perspective, and intends to discuss contemporary urban and architectural theory from the perspective of modernity / coloniality. In conclusion it arises move to specific areas of teaching urban / architectural design, in Latin American universities, the analysis of the crisis of legitimacy of modern knowledge and its global impact.
