Dr. Jorge Chancos’ perspective: Appreciation, contributions, and influences to Peruvian geography
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https://doi.org/10.15381/espiral.v2i3.18454Keywords:
Geographic thinking, space, perspective, basin, territoryAbstract
Jorge Chancos Pillaca is a renowned Peruvian geographer. He was born in huancapi district, Fajardo province, Ayacucho in 1937. He is the author of great research embodied in his thesis is one of the most relevant his doctoral thesis: Melting the glaciers of the Pariaqaqa Range and their influence on the origin and flow of the Rimac River (2011) sponsored by the Lima Geographical Society. In addition to his latest most notable book Theory of Geography and Geographer (2019) where he develops geographical thinking over time. In this interview, aimed at every national and foreign public interested in learning about the evolution of Peru’s geographical thinking, Jorge Chancos Pillaca details different aspects of Peruvian geography highlighting geographical thinking since the time of Tawantinsuyo. It makes known its beginnings in Geography in the Dean of America, provides a definition of geography, including geographers who influenced its formation, highlighting the fact that we met Milton Santos; it also explains why I am inclined to conduct watershed studies, his opinion regarding the changes in the modeling of the Peruvian territory and details some chapters of his great book “Theory of Geography and Geographers”, concluding with an opinion on how important the geographer is due to its multidisciplinary and integrative nature.
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