Monuments in the Structure of an Urban Environment: The Source of Social Memory and the Marker of the Urban Space

Antonova, Natalya L.; Grunt, Elena; Merenkov, Anatoly

doi:10.1088/1757-899x/245/6/062029

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“…Velké Prahy (dále jen Praha), jenž vznikla v roce 1922 připojením 37 obcí k Praze. Představuje jádrové území hlavního města, a tedy i symbolické centrum pro připomínání minulosti prostřednictvím pomníků (viz Mitchell 2003;Antonova, Grunt, Merenkov 2017). Během 20. století došlo k územnímu růstu ještě několikrát, ale tyto části Prahy již do analýzy zahrnuty nebyly.…”

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Memorials as a part of the political symbolic space in Prague

Koblížková

Hána

2023

Geografie

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Memorials, as pieces of art in public space, have not only an aesthetic function, but also a commemorative, representative, and ideological one. They materialize social discourse and national values that change over time. The social relationship to memorials shapes their symbolism, which is a part of the political symbolic space. The aim of the article is to determine how memorials are involved in this symbolic space (how memorials from various eras are distributed in Prague, which localities might have symbolic connotations, and how this symbolism can be interpreted). Free-standing memorials in the public space of Greater Prague have been included in the research, demonstrating different spatial patterns and symbolism. While the most dominant memorials, dedicated to figures associated with the Czech National Revival, are concentrated in the city center, war memorials, the most common type of memorial, are scattered evenly throughout the city. The reinterpretation of historical events and memorials after the fall of Communism has created conflicting sites of memory, which relate to current Czech-Russian relations and the aftermath of the historical Czech-German national conflict.

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Memorials as a part of the political symbolic space in Prague

Koblížková

Hána

2023

Geografie

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“…They strengthen urban collective memory by transmitting historical and social memory. The frequency of this interaction influences social memory [47] and fosters a stronger sense of belonging [48]. The interaction with the city is not only used to portray history but to reveal how the spaces within the urban and natural landscape convey a deeper meaning [48] (p. 562).…”

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(De)Linking with the Past through Memorials

Zaninović,

Omićević,

Bojanić Obad Šćitaroci

2023

Architecture

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Numerous examples of urban, architectural, and landscape projects indicate global and continuous interest in memorial design without a comparative study of their contextual similarities and differences. There is no clear terminological and conceptual framework of how memorials are designed nor if they are perceived as diverse types of public places. This research combines multiple results of extensive and on-going research on memorials as places for people to reconnect with past events, circumstances, or persons, with the aim of building a theoretical and conceptual framework within the domain of architectural and urban design. The main question is how the design of memorials achieves remembrance as well as healing of both places and communities through conciliation, mediation, forgetting, learning, and planning new concepts for future urban development. The term (de)linking with the past is proposed for describing the importance of achieving these various memorial functions. The resulting dualistic conceptual framework of memorials includes eleven design principles based on models and methods of spatial interventions which can enable communities to move forward from traumatic events and negative emotions towards building a basis for a better future by learning from the past.

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“…As a rule, informants first of all depicted them on their mental maps. Informants singled out high-rise dominants (distant landmarks) as landmarks, as well as local landmarks: iconic architectural objects (icon buildings) and monuments [15], urban public spaces. Iconic buildings stand out in the urban environment with their non-standard volumetric and spatial solution, unique solution of the façade, size and performance material.…”

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Empirical study of the mental representation of the image of the city (on the example of Kazan and Naberezhnye Chelny)

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The purpose of the study is to identify the formed image of the territory in the perception of its inhabitants, using empirical research data for this. The main results of the study are that a comprehensive analysis of the mental representation of the urban space was carried out, on the basis of which the key elements of the image of the territory, the boundaries of the vernacular districts of the city, their urbanonymy were identified, as well as the significant role of urban open public spaces in the formation of the image of the territory. The authors come to the conclusion about the peculiarities of building images of cities, centered on symbolically significant elements and spaces that act as anchors for forming the image of a city in the perception of residents, attaching the population to the territory and constructing local identity.

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Monuments in the Structure of an Urban Environment: The Source of Social Memory and the Marker of the Urban Space

Cited by 8 publications

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Memorials as a part of the political symbolic space in Prague

Memorials as a part of the political symbolic space in Prague

(De)Linking with the Past through Memorials

Empirical study of the mental representation of the image of the city (on the example of Kazan and Naberezhnye Chelny)

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