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City-palimpsest and the Depth of Human Identity
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Rumież, Agnieszka Kłosiński, Krzysztof |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | With those words, a character called ‘1900’ is explaining to his friend the reason why he couldn’t leave the Virginia liner (his place of identity) and start his new life in the New York City. This picturesque image of the subtle approach to a space-place relationship, shows how important for people’s identity is a spatial aspect of their environment – how they need it to be complex and stimulating, but still conceivable and safe. Additionally, those spaces that people dwell rarely are tabula rasa. They contain past meanings, sometimes totally erased, often transformed or redefined. City is a palimpsest with diverse strata that still affect its growth, even when being hidden or seemingly unreadable. Yet, it is not a particular meaning that forms a heritage of a space. It is its capacity to contain variety of meanings valid for its dwellers and thus to be perceived as a place, and preferably – a good place. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://papers.cumincad.org/data/works/att/eaea2015_t2_paper13.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
