scholarly journals Dynamics in Cultural Spaces in the Historic Center of Portimão Portugal

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 489-516
Author(s):  
Ana Rodrigues ◽  
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Manuela Rosa ◽  
Efigénio Rebelo ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Quantitative Data ◽  
Cultural Tourism ◽  
Local History ◽  
Historic Center ◽  
Cultural Spaces ◽  
History Of ◽  
Cultural Performances ◽  
Canning Industry ◽  
The City

The main goal of this study consists in building indicators regarding the performance of cultural venues in the city of Portimão, Alrgarve region, Portugal, which are inserted in a pedestrian route, the Accessible Tourist Route of Portimão. These are the Museum of Portimão, a cultural venue that expresses the local history of the canning industry, and the Tempo Theatre, placed also in a historic building, where there are cultural performances. Both buildings are architectural objects with heritage value, with rehabilitation design for cultural spaces. The methodology applied is characterised by a theoretical basis, by the collection and analysis of quantitative data. The theoretical knowledge comes from a literature review, in areas e.g.: cultural tourism, accessible tourism, heritage and urban rehabilitation. The quantitative data are arising from the collection of data of the cultural venues Tempo Theatre and Museum of Portimão: number of visitors/viewers and number of sessions and activities since 2008. With this study it can be concluded that the cultural spaces Museum of Portimão and Tempo Theatre are enjoyed not only by residents but also by visitors, in the city of Portimão. This analysis defends the importance of investment in urban regeneration, heritage enhancement and cultural venues to implement an accessible and sustainable cultural tourism.

scholarly journals A Study of Phayao’s Historical Trading Communities to Encourage Recognizing Local History and to Promote Cultural Tourism

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 31-48
Author(s):  
Phakthima Wangyao
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Tourism ◽  
Local History ◽  
The Past ◽  
Architectural Styles ◽  
Physical Data ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City ◽  
Commercial Center

Phayao is considered to be a city with a history of more than 700 years after Chao Luang Wong had evacuated people from Lampang and relocated them the city of Phayao. In order to gain useful information to promote cultural tourism, a study of Phayao’s commercial community included its history, architectural styles, and the perceptions of people in the community. The methods used for research were collecting historical and physical data as well as conducting surveys. The area studied was divided into four groups which were determined by the characteristics of the area. Based on the study of data, there are three existing commercial communities known as the following: the Sop-Tam commercial community of Tai Yai and Burmese which is currently closed, the Nong Ra-bu community in which most of the shops have been operated by Hainan Chinese, recently it has decreased in significances from the prosperity of the past, and the Mueang Phayao Market community operated by Teochiu Chinese, which is now the main commercial center of Mueang Phayao. There are four patterns of shops and houses. From the survey and interviews it was found that the area along Phaholyothin Road has stories that can be conveyed linking the two viable commercial communities with its architecture and places. This indicates that the stories can create perceptions of the commercial routes that could be useful in cultural tourism.

scholarly journals El discurso del civismo en Pereira o la "sacralidad" de lo público durante el siglo XX

2009 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 7-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Jaime Correa Ramírez
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
20Th Century ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Moral Values ◽  
Local History ◽  
Civic Discourse ◽  
History Of ◽  
Rotary Club ◽  
Siglo Xx ◽  
The City

La referencia constante al civismo es uno de los rasgos más distintivos de la historia urbana de Pereira. Al igual que en muchas ciudades colombianas, la ideología del civismo asume la necesidad de establecer una especie de simbiosis entre la ciudad, sus espacios públicos y sus ciudadanos, tanto en lo material como en lo espiritual. En el caso de Pereira se busca identificar los aspectos más relevantes del discurso cívico que desarrollaron entidades como la Sociedad de Mejoras y el Club Rotario a través de diferentes medios escritos, poniendo especial énfasis en los valores morales que debían exhibir los ciudadanos cívicos o los "ciudadanos de bien" de la ciudad, en el proceso de transformación y modernización vivido a lo largo del siglo XX.Palabras clave: discurso, civismo, prensa, clubes y sociedades, historia local, siglo XX.The discourse of civism in Pereira, or The “sacredness” of public matters during the 20th century AbstractThe constant reference to civism is one of the most distinct characteristics of the urban history of Pereira. Similar to many Colombian cities, the ideology of civism assumes that there is a need to establish a kind of symbiosis between the city, its public spaces, and its citizens, in material as well as spiritual matters. In the case of Pereira, the author seeks to identify the most relevant aspects of the civic discourse which developed entities like the Improvement Society and the Rotary Club, through different written means, putting special emphasis on the moral values which the civic citizens (or ciudadanos de bien) must have exhibited in the process of transformation and modernization experienced throughout the 20th century. Keywords: discourse, civism, press, clubs and societies, local history, twentieth century.

Mythicizing History

Uprooted ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregor Thum
Keyword(s):  
Modern Society ◽  
Local History ◽  
Specific Location ◽  
Population Exchange ◽  
Extreme Degree ◽  
Random Assortment ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City

This chapter examines how the study of local history as an “act of self-reassurance” has grown in importance as societies have become mobile and people are less tied to a specific location. Historian Helmut Flachenecker writes of modern society that one is no longer the citizen of a location primarily by birth, but rather by history. This is true to an extreme degree of the Polish city of Wroclaw, whose society came into being as the result of a complete population exchange. Societies of this kind typically yearn for tradition just as much as they lack it. Only by identifying collectively with the history of the city could a coherent citizenry develop out of a random assortment of settlers thrown together by the population shifts of postwar Poland.

Cathedral and Town

2021 ◽  
pp. 121-158
Author(s):  
Marion Grau
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Local History ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Critical Engagement ◽  
Religious Significance ◽  
International Solidarity ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ongoing Development ◽  
The City ◽  
Main Attraction

Nidaros Cathedral in Trondheim is the historical resting place of St. Olav and an end point of many of the pilgrimage trails in Norway. The history of the cathedral intersects with the history of the city and the region as one of significant economic and religious significance. The movement of St. Olav’s relics throughout the city matches urban and religiocultural development of city and nation. This chapter explores the cathedral’s architecture and use and how contemporary engagements with the space facilitate ritual creativity and are part of the hosting and welcoming of pilgrims. Along with other centers of hospitality, the cathedral looms especially large as a main attraction point for both tourists and pilgrims in Trondheim, as an adaptable space for many purposes. The annual St. Olavsfest is a ten-day festival that begins with the saint’s day and features liturgies, concerts, plays, lectures, a medieval market, and televised panel discussions to involve city and region in the celebration of local history and culture. Controversial topics such as the colonial repression of Sámi indigenous peoples, the violent heritage of Viking king St. Olav, religious and other forms of discrimination, social injustice, and international solidarity are among the themes discussed during the festival. Thus, the “protest” in Protestantism is reflected in a critical engagement with history and with the ongoing development of the ritualization of Christian history and heritage in Norway.

scholarly journals Le città nelle fortificazioni: le isole ioniche in Grecia. Conoscenza e valorizzazione di un patrimonio

X ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvia Gron ◽  
Eleni Gkrimpa
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Urban Landscape ◽  
Cultural Tourism ◽  
Trade Routes ◽  
Ionian Islands ◽  
Long Time ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Rich ◽  
The City ◽  
Venetian Republic

The cities in the fortifications: the Ionian islands in Greece. Knowledge and enhancement of a heritage Residing in the Mediterranean Sea, Ionian islands signify the passage from the west to the east. A constantly sought-after region due to the trade routes, was for a long time garrisoned and under the authority of the Venetian Republic (fourteenth-eighteenth centuries) that hindered with its fleet the Turkish invasions. The bigger islands that constitute the cluster of the Eptanisa: Corfu, Lefkada or Santa Maura, Ithaka, Kefalonia, Kythira, Zakinthos and more, that had strategic positions with respect to the usual routes, had since the middle ages fortifications like walls, towers and castles, that over the time were expanded and restructured by the Venetians in order to defend those islands from the enemy attacks. The rich iconographic historic material, considering the Ionian Islands, allows to document the characteristics of those wide spread defensive structures and to identify each strong part of this big and unique fortification cluster. It has to be noted that every one of those structures gives us clues about the urban history of the city it resides since they were part of the urban landscape revealing this way the urban layout. The compelling story of the architectural consistency of those fortresses, as it is described in the historic documents, cannot be always verified. Many of those structures are nowadays completely destroyed and only a few remains are left. There are many ways to organize a project for saving those structures and in particular one that will be related with the cultural tourism.

Performances of “Pasts”

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Covey
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
World Heritage ◽  
Cultural Tourism ◽  
Urban Site ◽  
Master Plans ◽  
Historic Center ◽  
Historical Landscape ◽  
Imperial Capital ◽  
Heritage Industry ◽  
The City

Using Cuzco’s historical landscape as a lens, this chapter considers the appropriation of the Incaic past and the intersections of indigeneity, tourism and world heritage. These themes are defined and historicized through the iconic spaces and infrastructure of Cuzco as the imperial capital, through its transformation into a colonial town, and through the city’s complicated role as a symbol of modern Peru. This background contextualizes the city in the second half of the twentieth century. Following an earthquake in 1950, UNESCO revived the Incaic past in an attempt to rebuilt and safeguard the city. This laid groundwork for subsequent master plans in the city, cultural tourism and world heritage. Contemporary Cuzco features a multifaceted heritage industry that capitalizes on the Andean past and its legacies. Clustered around the Plaza de Armas, the “heart” of the ancient Inca city, Cuzco’s Historic Center is the principal urban site where these historical themes and ideological projects converge.

scholarly journals Turismo no Carste da Baixa Normandia (França) em função da História do Dia-D / Tourism in the Lower Normandy (France) karst due to the History of D-Day

2015 ◽  
Vol 25 (44) ◽  
pp. 312-342
Author(s):  
Luiz Eduardo Panisset Travassos ◽  
Pablo Cristiano Alves Coelho ◽  
Bruno Durão Rodrigues ◽  
Larissa Duarte Araújo Pereira
Keyword(s):  
World War Ii ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Cultural Tourism ◽  
Second World War ◽  
World War ◽  
Karst Landscape ◽  
Northern France ◽  
History Of ◽  
Second World

O trabalho apresenta uma reflexão sobre a atual exploração turística do carste do norte da França, em locais remanescentes e pontos estratégicos utilizados no Teatro de Operações durante o desembarque Aliado nas praias da Baixa Normandia na Segunda Guerra Mundial. Por meio de fundamentação teórica e pesquisa de campo foi possível observar a paisagem cárstica e ponderar sobre o uso dos marcos históricos, cemitérios, museus e modificações na paisagem como suporte ao Turismo Histórico-Cultural. Observa-se que o cenário em questão visa promoção e valorização da história, bem como propõe o resgate da memória através do desenvolvimento turístico regional.Palavras-chave: Carste; Turismo; Baixa Normadia; Segunda Guerra Mundial; Dia D Abstract This work presents a discussion on the current tourist use of the karst from northern France in remaining places and strategic points used in the theater of operations during the Allied landings on the beaches of Lower Normandy in World War II. By means of theoretical basis and fieldwork it was possible to observe the karst landscape and consider its use as historic landmarks, cemeteries, museums and changes in the landscape as support for the historical and cultural tourism. One observes that the scenario is used as a way of enforcing and preserving history as well as proposes the rescue of memory through the development of regional tourism.Keywords: Karst; Tourism; Lower Normandy; Second World War; D-Day.

Vienna

2019 ◽  
pp. 76-116
Author(s):  
Andrew Thacker
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
Sigmund Freud ◽  
Jean Rhys ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Long Poem ◽  
The Third ◽  
Cultural Spaces ◽  
History Of ◽  
Late Nineteenth ◽  
The City

This chapter explores the cultural history of Vienna as a story of modernity, space, and power, from the late nineteenth century construction of the Ringstrasse to the postwar building of Red Vienna. It traces the city’s particular version of the geographical emotions of modernism, concentrating upon how the city’s architectural spaces helped shape an ‘inward turn’ in the mood or stimmung (Heidegger) of the modernism produced here, often producing notions of spatial phobias. It also analyses the importance of coffee houses as cultural spaces, and the ‘outsider’ figure of Jewish writers and thinkers in the city. After discussion of key Viennese figures such as Sigmund Freud and Robert Musil, it then traces how Anglophone visitors such as John Lehmann, Naomi Mitchison (in her Vienna Diary), Jean Rhys, and Stephen Spender (in his neglected long poem Vienna) represented the mood of the city in the interwar years. The chapter concludes with an analysis of Carol Reed’s 1949 film The Third Man.

London Puritanism: the Haberdashers' Company

1963 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 298-321
Author(s):  
Dorothy Williams Whitney
Keyword(s):  
Local History ◽  
City Government ◽  
Detailed Knowledge ◽  
National Politics ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Corporate Groups ◽  
History Of ◽  
City Of London ◽  
The City ◽  
Puritan Preaching

The present emphasis upon local history as the foundation for a reinterpretation of national events has already affected the historiography of seventeenth century English Puritanism. Attention has been focused on the manuscript records relating to the City of London, many of which had never before been searched by historians, since it was apparent that a reassessment of London's role in the Puritan Revolution was long overdue. The outstanding example of this new approach to the history of London is Valerie Pearl's excellent book, London and the Outbreak of the Puritan Revolution: City Government and National Politics, 1625–43. In addition, the present writer has described Puritan activities between 1610 and 1640 in the City government and in the parishes of St. Stephen, Coleman Street, and St. Botolph Without Aldgate. Still, a need remains for more detailed knowledge of Puritanism in the City's important corporate groups— not only the governing bodies and the parishes, but also the great London livery companies. The purpose of this paper is to reconstruct the story of Puritanism in the Haberdashers' Company, the livery company which seems to have been the most successful in promoting Puritan preaching in England between 1600 and 1640.

Quand observations et interprétations diffèrent : le cas de l'arc de triomphe de Tripoli dans les sources arabes

2017 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 149-157
Author(s):  
Anis Mkacher
Keyword(s):  
Local History ◽  
Urban Fabric ◽  
The Past ◽  
Arab Muslim ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City ◽  
The Way

AbstractThe only building which has been preserved from the ancient urban fabric of Tripoli, Oea in antiquity, is the Triumphal Arch. By considering Arab sources, we may shed new light on its evolution, the place it had been in the past and the way it was considered during those times. If we compare two excerpts from Arab-Muslim historiography, written by local travellers, with Western testimonies, we see that the monument was reinterpreted in the light of the new culture which was established in the region and of the local history of the city.

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