Abstract
In this paper we analyse how the secondary basic data for urban and regional research is used to build up social representations of reality. We explore what this data shows about reality, and more importantly, what it unravels about its construction process. In this process we identify two challenges for the training of researchers: a) the recognition that a big part of the analytical work is based on secondary data which is not a mirror of reality but a representation built from ideological and methodological assumptions; and b) the stimulation of researchers to identify the ideological and methodological construction of data as an element of reflection on different scientific challenges. We consider the case of territorial studies in Brazil as an example.
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