Territorializing recognition

Or, from where to pump space in a philosophical construct

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https://doi.org/10.34024/prometeica.2026.33.20925

Keywords:

recognition, territorialization, redistribution, subjectivity

Abstract

This essay critically examines the philosophical concept of recognition and argues that its analytical strength can be expanded through a transdisciplinary territorial approach. By intersecting philosophy, critical geography, epistemology, and anthropology, it maintains that recognition cannot remain detached from the material, symbolic, and affective conditions in which it takes place. Territorializing recognition means embedding it in a sociohistorical fabric where subjectivities are also formed through the relationship with inhabited spaces. The article differentiates between concepts and notions and explores how the empirical applicability of recognition depends on its anchoring in lived experience. Concrete cases—such as collective reparation processes in Indigenous territories—demonstrate how recognition materializes in spatial, affective, and political practices, shaping dynamics of cognitive justice and institutional configuration. From a situated perspective, the essay suggests that many social struggles are affirmations of forms of existence linked to relational worlds, territorial sensitivities, and non-human agencies. It proposes a redefinition of recognition that integrates spatiality as a constitutive dimension. The conclusions affirm that territorializing recognition is essential for enhancing its critical and transformative potential, by making it responsive to the ways social life is embodied, inhabited, and contested.

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Author Biography

  • Camilo Lozano-Rivera, Universidad Católica de Manizales

    Cuenta con un entrenamiento académico interdisciplinar que combina
    grados en Ciencias Humanas y Sociales (grado en Antropología; Mg. en
    Psicología Cognitiva y Aprendizaje). Completó un Doctorado en Estudios
    Territoriales; posteriormente, adelantó un primer Posdoc en el Programa
    de Desarrollo sostenible y Desigualdades Sociales en la región andina-
    trAndeS. Es integrante activo de colectivos y grupos de investigación en
    Colombia (GI Filosofía y Cultura; GI Anthropos), Argentina (GI
    Antropocaos) y México (GI Estudios Sociourbanos – GESUR).
    Experiencia editorial en publicaciones académicas. Autor de artículos,
    capítulos de libro y traducciones de artículos de investigación en medios
    científicos de Colombia, Chile, México, Argentina y España. Está
    categorizado como par evaluador e Investigador Junior por Minciencias.

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Lozano-Rivera, C. (2026). Territorializing recognition: Or, from where to pump space in a philosophical construct. Prometeica - Journal of Philosophy and Science, 33, e20925 (1-14). https://doi.org/10.34024/prometeica.2026.33.20925