Identity and public realm

In a very general sense, Identities materialise space to create significance, meaning and spatial relations. In urban design terms, identity is considered to be a fixed point of thought and being or ground of actions. However, as Hall (1989) describes, identity is, in fact, a development or a progre...

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Main Author: Cheshmehzangi, Ali
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Published: Elsevier 2012
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description In a very general sense, Identities materialise space to create significance, meaning and spatial relations. In urban design terms, identity is considered to be a fixed point of thought and being or ground of actions. However, as Hall (1989) describes, identity is, in fact, a development or a progression towards creation of inter-relationships between oneself and other and vice versa. Consequently, this paper explores the term ‘identity’ and its implication in an urban context, and also focuses upon the meaning of identity in a public realm to identify how it influences the meaning that people attach to their environments.
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spelling nottingham-484052020-05-04T16:34:05Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48405/ Identity and public realm Cheshmehzangi, Ali In a very general sense, Identities materialise space to create significance, meaning and spatial relations. In urban design terms, identity is considered to be a fixed point of thought and being or ground of actions. However, as Hall (1989) describes, identity is, in fact, a development or a progression towards creation of inter-relationships between oneself and other and vice versa. Consequently, this paper explores the term ‘identity’ and its implication in an urban context, and also focuses upon the meaning of identity in a public realm to identify how it influences the meaning that people attach to their environments. Elsevier 2012-09-13 Article PeerReviewed Cheshmehzangi, Ali (2012) Identity and public realm. Procedia Social and Behavioral Sciences, 50 . pp. 307-317. ISSN 1877-0428 Idendity; public realm; relation; place making http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042812031746?via%3Dihub doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.08.036 doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.08.036
spellingShingle Idendity; public realm; relation; place making
Cheshmehzangi, Ali
Identity and public realm
title Identity and public realm
title_full Identity and public realm
title_fullStr Identity and public realm
title_full_unstemmed Identity and public realm
title_short Identity and public realm
title_sort identity and public realm
topic Idendity; public realm; relation; place making
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