Análise territorial no xiro espacial do coñecemento ; Territorial analysis in the spatial turn of knowledge

O pensamento contemporáneo referido á ciencia deu un xiro moi importante nos anos 1960 e 1970, sobre todo en Francia. Varios autores cuestionaron a preeminencia e inmutabilidade do discurso histórico. Nas súas obras comezaba a colocarse en primeiro termo a análise espacial e territorial crítica. Este proceso coñécese como o “xiro espacial” no coñecemento contemporáneo. A presente proposta epistemolóxica espacial e territorial é recollida na USC polo Grupo de Investigación ANTE tratando de crear un potente polo de reflexión territorial no contexto universitario galego, ibérico e internacional. Trátase de estudar os grandes temas do mundo actual desde a perspectiva enmarcada na teoría social crítica. Os efectos da globalización e da urbanización, do cambio rural, do abandono e avellentamento, dos impactos ambientais, do turismo ou do desenvolvemento endóxeno e sustentable son temas centrais nunha abordaxe que sempre recorre á análise a diferente escalas. ; Contemporary thought referring to science gave a very important turn in the 1960s and 1970s, especially in France. Several authors questioned the pre-eminence and immutability of historical discourse. In their works the critical space and the territorial analysis began to be the main concerns. This process is known as the “spatial turn” in contemporary knowledge. The present spatial and territorial epistemological proposal refers to the USC, namely the research group ANTE. It is trying to become a powerful referent for the territorial reflection in the Galician, Iberian and international university context. It is concerned with the study of the great issues of the current world from the perspective of the critical social theory. The effects of globalization and urbanization, rural change, abandonment and aging, environmental impacts, tourism or endogenous and sustainable development are central themes in an approach that always relies on analysis at different scales.