La symbolique des lieux : pour une géographie des relations entre espace, pouvoir et identité

The relationship between space, power and identity has to be mediated by symbols. A symbol is a concrete reality (a building, a statue, a coin, etc.) that communicates something intangible (an idea, a value, a feeling, etc.): consequently, a place of power would be necessarily a symbolic place, whic...

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Main Author: Jérôme Monnet
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Unité Mixte de Recherche 8504 Géographie-cités 1998-04-01
Series:Cybergeo
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/cybergeo/5316
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description The relationship between space, power and identity has to be mediated by symbols. A symbol is a concrete reality (a building, a statue, a coin, etc.) that communicates something intangible (an idea, a value, a feeling, etc.): consequently, a place of power would be necessarily a symbolic place, which brings the power in the space order and the space in the power order. The symbolic mediations between these different orders of reality are produced and interpreted only in their context of emergence. A place can be considered as “symbolic” whenever it means something to a group of individuals, in such a way that it contributes to give an identity to the group. With examples taken throughout the Americas, this paper investigates how symbolic places are produced and controlled by public authorities, civil societies and economic actors.
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La symbolique des lieux : pour une géographie des relations entre espace, pouvoir et identité
Cybergeo
space
geography
identity
symbol
place
power
title La symbolique des lieux : pour une géographie des relations entre espace, pouvoir et identité
title_full La symbolique des lieux : pour une géographie des relations entre espace, pouvoir et identité
title_fullStr La symbolique des lieux : pour une géographie des relations entre espace, pouvoir et identité
title_full_unstemmed La symbolique des lieux : pour une géographie des relations entre espace, pouvoir et identité
title_short La symbolique des lieux : pour une géographie des relations entre espace, pouvoir et identité
title_sort la symbolique des lieux pour une geographie des relations entre espace pouvoir et identite
topic space
geography
identity
symbol
place
power
url https://journals.openedition.org/cybergeo/5316
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