scholarly journals Signs and Emotions as the Experience of the Urban Explorer

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihaela Motaianu ◽  
◽  
Cornelia Motaianu ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
Design Theory ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Visual Language ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Visual Design ◽  
Phenomenological Experience ◽  
Cultural Details ◽  
The City ◽  
Literary Experience

Although we have the impression that we understand the urban texture in which we live, the city still holds surprises in the way it communicates everyday aspects, situations, and cultural history.The experience of the urban explorer, that flâneur/stroller mentioned by Guy Debord (1955) and the Situationist school, was until recently only a literary experience. The emotion of discovering the unusual in the urban daily life was communicated only in the form of textual narratives (Sinclair, 1997). Recently the psychogeographical approach to the city has become again a topic of interest. Although contemporary design transposed the behavioral codes of urban life into signs, it did not propose emoticons for the phenomenological experience of one who experiences the city. The original purpose of this paper is to translate the phenomenological experience of the urban explorer into infographics (which translates complex concepts into signs with condensed meaning) and to quantify and communicate emotionally and visually, the experience of the "invisible" [out of sight] cultural details to the hurried passerby. This paper will discuss the phenomenological (psychogeographical) experience of the city transferred into visual signs will be presented. The authors insist on the communicative value of infographics in making visible the hidden beauty of the city, the historical and esthetical details that are not seen by the passersby on the street, proposing a new urban visual language accompanied by visual design theory and cultural history explanations.

scholarly journals Determination of the constraints of bicycle use ın urban lifeKent yaşamında bisiklet kullanım engellerinin belirlenmesi

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Velittin Balcı ◽  
Oğuz Özbek ◽  
Funda Koçak ◽  
Senem Çeyiz
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Method ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Personal Information ◽  
English Summary ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Convenience Sampling ◽  
The City ◽  
One Way Anova ◽  
Cultural Structure

The aim of this study is to determine the constraints of bicycle use in the cities and to propose solutions for the subject.The sample of the study was selected by using convenience sampling method. A total of 787 bicycle users (M=30.66, SD=11.18, including 172 women (M=29.08, SD=9.90) and 615 men (M=31.10, SD=11.49), who used bicycles in daily life in the city participated in the research voluntarily. The data were collected with the Bicycle Handicap Scale developed by Balcı et al. (2016). The scale consists of two parts that the personal information form and the participants' expressions about the factors preventing the use of bicycles. In the analysis of the data, t-test was used for the variables consisting of binary groups and one way ANOVA was used for the variables consisting of two groups. In the light of the collected data from the bicycle users participating in the survey; it was determined that the infrastructure deficiencies were the first among bicycle use obstacles. This is followed by lack of laws and regulations, physical and economic inadequacies, socio-cultural structure and individual deficiencies respectively. When participants rated the total score they received from the scale, it has been determined that cyclists have met with moderate contraints.Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file. ÖzetBu çalışmanın amacı kentlerde bisiklet kullanımının önündeki engellerin belirlenmesi ve konu ile ilgili çözüm önerileri sunmaktır. Araştırmanın örneklemini kolayda örnekleme yöntemi kullanılarak seçilmiştir. Kentlerde gündelik yaşamında bisiklet kullanan 172 kadın (Ort=29.08.±9.90), 615 erkek (Ort=31.10±11.49) olmak üzere toplam 787 bisiklet kullanıcısı (Ort=30.66±11.18) araştırmaya gönüllü olarak katılmıştır. Araştırmada veriler; Balcı ve arkadaşları (2016) tarafından geliştirilen Bisiklet Engelleri Ölçeği ile toplanmıştır. Ölçek, kişisel bilgi formu ve katılımcıların bisiklet kullanımını engelleyen etmenlere yönelik ifadeler olmak üzere iki bölümden oluşmaktadır. Verilerin analizinde, ikili gruptan oluşan değişkenler için t-testi, ikiden fazla gruptan oluşan değişkenler için ise tek yönlü varyans analizi (One Way Anova) kullanılmıştır. Araştırmaya katılan bisiklet kullanıcılarından toplanan veriler ışığında; bisiklet kullanım engelleri arasında ilk sırada alt yapı eksiklikleri olduğu saptanmıştır. Bunu sırasıyla yasa ve mevzuattaki eksiklikler, fiziksel ve ekonomik yetersizlikler, sosyo-kültürel yapı ve bireysel eksikliklerin izlediği tespit edilmiştir. Katılımcıların ölçek sorularına verdikleri yanıtlar genel olarak değerlendirildiğinde ise; bisiklet kullanıcılarının orta düzeyde bir engelle karşılaştıkları belirlenmiştir.

Perancangan Boneka Edukasi Terinspirasi oleh Pencipta Boneka Si Unyil

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azhari Amri
Keyword(s):  
Design Process ◽  
Urban Culture ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Rural Region ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The City ◽  
Simple Materials

Film Unyil puppet comes not just part of the entertainment world that can be enjoyed by people from the side of the story, music, and dialogue. However, there is more value in it which is a manifestation of the creator that can be absorbed into the charge for the benefit of educating the children of Indonesia to the public at large. The Unyil puppet created by the father of Drs. Suyadi is one of the works that are now widely known by the whole people of Indonesia. The process of creating a puppet Unyil done with simple materials and formation of character especially adapted to the realities of the existing rural region. Through this process, this research leads to the design process is fundamentally educational puppet inspired by the creation of Si Unyil puppet. The difference is the inspiring character created in this study is on the characters that exist in urban life, especially the city of Jakarta. Thus the results of this study are the pattern of how to shape the design of products through the creation of the puppet with the approach of urban culture.

Urban Space and Aristocratic Power in Late Antique Rome

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Machado
Keyword(s):  
Roman Empire ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Late Antiquity ◽  
Late Antique ◽  
The Social ◽  
Traditional Elite ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City

This book analyses the physical, social, and cultural history of Rome in late antiquity. Between AD 270 and 535, the former capital of the Roman empire experienced a series of dramatic transformations in its size, appearance, political standing, and identity, as emperors moved to other cities and the Christian church slowly became its dominating institution. Urban Space and Aristocratic Power in Late Antique Rome provides a new picture of these developments, focusing on the extraordinary role played by members of the traditional elite, the senatorial aristocracy, in the redefinition of the city, its institutions, and spaces. During this period, Roman senators and their families became increasingly involved in the management of the city and its population, in building works, and in the performance of secular and religious ceremonies and rituals. As this study shows, for approximately three hundred years the houses of the Roman elite competed with imperial palaces and churches in shaping the political map and the social life of the city. Making use of modern theories of urban space, the book considers a vast array of archaeological, literary, and epigraphic documents to show how the former centre of the Mediterranean world was progressively redefined and controlled by its own elite.

Introduction

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Avner de Shalit
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
The State ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
The City

Immigration should be discussed within the context of the city rather than the state because cities are now quite autonomous political entities and because nearly all immigrants settle in cities. Hence the meeting between locals and immigrants take place in the context of urban life rather than as citizens of the state. The book’s three questions are presented: should cities be in charge of deciding whether to allow immigrants to settle in the city? If yes, what local political rights should be granted to immigrants? And is there a model of integration which is superior to other models? The latter involved a comparative study of three such models, in Amsterdam, Berlin, and Jerusalem.

Palestinian Refugees between the City and the Camp

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 607-621
Author(s):  
Faedah M. Totah
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
National Belonging ◽  
Palestinian Refugees ◽  
Social Distinction ◽  
Urban Refugees ◽  
Old City ◽  
Refugee Experience ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The City

AbstractThe camp and the city are both important for understanding the relationship between space and identity in the refugee experience of exile. In the Palestinian example, the camp has emerged as a potent symbol in the narrative of exile although only a third of refugees registered with UNRWA live in camps. Moreover, the city and urban refugees remain missing in most of the scholarship on the Palestinian experience with space, exile, and identity. Furthermore, there is little attention to how refugees understand the concept of the city and camp in their daily life. This article examines how Palestinian urban refugees in the Old City of Damascus conceptualized the relationship between the camp and the city. It illustrates how the concept of the camp remained necessary for the construction of their collective national identity while in Syria. However, the city was essential in the articulation of individual desires and establishing social distinction from other refugees. Thus, during a protracted exile it is in the interstice between the city and the camp, where most urban refugees in the Old City situated themselves, that informed their national belonging and personal aspirations.

Coda: Repositioning Early Modern Prague on the Global Stage

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Suzanna Ivanič
Keyword(s):  
Material Culture ◽  
Early Modern ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Early Modern Period ◽  
Religious Change ◽  
Early Modern Europe ◽  
Modern Period ◽  
Musical Knowledge ◽  
Historical Moment ◽  
The City

The question that sparked this forum was to what extent we can see Prague as an important stage for Renaissance and Reformation exchange and as an internationally connected city. It is striking, though not unexpected, that all the authors have been drawn to some extent to sources and subjects in Rudolfine Prague. It must be stressed, however, that the emphasis of each of these studies is somewhat different to an older field of “Rudolfine studies.” The researchers here do not focus on the emperor's court but use it as context. It is tangential to their main focal points—on Jewish communities, religious change, and the exchange of scientific and musical knowledge—and these are first and foremost historians not of Prague but of social and cultural history, music, art, material culture, and religion. This indicates a marked shift from the historiography. For this generation of scholars, Prague is not only a city that is home to a fascinating and intriguing art historical moment but is also a city of early modern international connections. It provides a unique context for understanding communities, everyday experiences, religion, and culture in early modern Europe—a multilingual, multiconfessional, and multicultural mixing pot whose composition changed dramatically across the early modern period. Rudolf's court was certainly a catalyst for these crossings and encounters, but they did not fade away after his death in 1612, nor were they limited to the confines of the castle above the city.

Puccini's La Bohème

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Music Drama ◽  
Political Debates ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
La Boheme ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The Many ◽  
The City

La bohème is one of the most frequently performed operas in the world. But how did it come to be so adored? Drawing on an extremely broad range of sources, Alexandra Wilson traces the opera’s rise to global fame. Although the work has been subjected to many hostile critiques, it swiftly achieved popular success through stage performances, recordings, and filmed versions. Wilson demonstrates how La bohème acquired even greater cultural influence as its music and dramatic themes began to be incorporated into pop songs, film soundtracks, musicals, and more. In this cultural history of Puccini’s opera, Wilson offers a fresh reading of a familiar work. La bohème was strikingly modern for the 1890s, she argues, in its approach to musical and dramatic realism and in flouting many of the conventions of the Italian operatic tradition. Considering the work within the context of the aesthetic, social, and political debates of its time, Wilson explores Puccini’s treatment of themes including gender, poverty, and nostalgia. She pays particular attention to La bohème’s representation of Paris, arguing that the opera was not only influenced by romantic mythologies surrounding the city but also helped shape them. Wilson concludes with a consideration of the many and varied approaches directors have taken to the staging of Puccini’s opera, including some that have reinvented the opera for a new age. This book is essential reading for anyone who has seen La bohème and wants to know more about its music, drama, and cultural contexts.

‘CENTRUM VAN WELDADIGE KRACHT VOOR HET ONDERWIJS’ OF ‘KOOP-MANSZAAK’?

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 2-27
Author(s):  
Luca van Buren
Keyword(s):  
Cultural History ◽  
Art Museum ◽  
Arts And Crafts ◽  
Original Form ◽  
School Buildings ◽  
Local Authorities ◽  
Short Period ◽  
World Fairs ◽  
Commercial Enterprise ◽  
The City

‘CENTRE OF A BENEFICENT FORCE IN EDUCATION’ OR ‘ORDINARY MERCHANT BUSINESS’? THE MUSEUM OF EDUCATION AND ART IN ROTTERDAM, 1880-1886 For a short period of time, the city of Rotterdam housed a rather unique museum, the Museum of Education and Art (Museum voor Onderwijs en Kunst). It existed for six years and only for less than a year in its original form. In 1880 it was unlike other educational or – as they were usually called – school museums. Other than today’s cultural history school museums, these museums were integrated in education and functioned as a means to support mass education by the state. They did so by exhibiting the whole range of school materials to enable headmasters and teachers to make informed choices. School materials were also displayed at educational exhibitions at world fairs. The Museum in Rotterdam was exceptional because it was a private, commercial enterprise, unlike other school museums which were established by schoolboards, local authorities, or by a state. In addition, it was the first and probably the only case with a purpose-built housing, where others generally used existing (school)buildings or were part of an arts and crafts museum.

Visions in conflict: a city of possibilities

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sharon Howell ◽  
Richard Feldman
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Management ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Local Production ◽  
African American Culture ◽  
Industrial Economy ◽  
Social Struggle ◽  
Alternative Means ◽  
History Of ◽  
The City ◽  
Land Water

This chapter casts the deindustrialization of Detroit as part of a larger transition providing new dangers and opportunities. The disappearance of industrial economy has created opportunities for the emergence of alternative means of creating new, sustainable and vibrant urban life. The resources of African American culture and imagination provide a perspective on developing innovative ways of making a living that nurture our capacities for cooperation and care. Rooted in Detroit’s long history of social struggle, a vision of self-determining urban life based, on local production for local needs is emerging. Mainstream elites and media generally ignore or deride these efforts. This chapter explores specific examples of the practices and programs emerging from the community. New forms of resisting dehumanization, especially since the takeover of the city by emergency management, are combined with creation of concrete alternatives to questions of land, water new ways of thinking.

Accidental communities: Chance operations in urban life and field research

Ethnography ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 312-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew Rosen
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Urban India ◽  
Social Visibility ◽  
A Site ◽  
The City

This article explores themes of chance and contingency in relation to field research I carried out in a network of outdoor newspaper libraries in Pune, India. Appearing amid the city’s transformation into a major regional hub linking western Maharashtra into the global economy, the vernacular institution of the footpath library emerges as a lens for bringing a range of issues related to social change in urban India into clearer focus. I show that the street library is not just a quiet place to sit and read but a site of social visibility and cultural assertion for Marathi-speaking migrants in the city.

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