Extension and Geography: ten classics to read in 365 days

Abstract

Rescuing the classics of geography is fundamental for the renewal of science, reconstruction and the creation of new world readings because re-readings (re) produce contemporary knowledge from ideas of the past. In other words, the new today in geographical science may be the product of rereading of its classics. In the context of the formation of geographers, it is of the utmost
importance that they know the classics to retrace the inherited from the new. Thinking about such issues, the research group GEPES/ Postgraduate Program in Geography of the UNICENTRO, in partnership with the activities provided by the National Postdoctoral Program – PNPD (through postdoctoral student linked to the mentioned research group and Postgraduate Program), proposed the extension course “Ideas from the past for the production of the new: ten geography classics to read in 365 days” to the Dean of Extension and Culture (PROEC) of UNICENTRO. Thus, ten meetings were held between March and December 2019 at UNICENTRO to debate classics of Geography, through collective seminars. That way, he aim of the article is to demonstrate the activities developed in the mentioned Extension course, more specifically, we will reflect on their origins, the dynamics performed and the results obtained.