Resumen

KRIEGER, Peter. Illustrative power and epistemic roles of the image in multi-disciplinary researches on poverty contemporary Habitat. Nóesis, Rev. cienc. soc. [online]. 2022, vol.31, n.62, pp.131-154.  Epub 01-Sep-2023. ISSN 2395-8669.  https://doi.org/10.20983/noesis.2022.2.8.

This study analyses the epistemic functions of images in the geographic and sociological discourses on poverty habitat in the megacities of the global south by focusing on Mexico city. Based on a conceptual and methodological review of art history from Bildwissenschaft perspective (visual studies), this paper aims to examine the poverty habitat by describing its typologies, patterns, encodings and possible effects of its visual constructions. This contribution outlines the utility of this type of research, the function of inter and transdisciplinary studies in this field and its fundamental ethic dimension.

Palabras llave : urban poverty; megalopolis; visual studies; Bildwissenschaft; sociology; geography.