Browsing by Subject "Place"

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The 1912 Galata Bridge as a site of collective memory
(2002) Şumnu, Umut
This work looks at the 1912 Galata Bridge as a case study and attempts to examine it as a dual construction in two senses: space and memory. Acknowledging that space and memory mutually construct each other, this thesis explains each term in general but also elucidates the relationship between perception and remembrance of space by reading the materiality of the 1912 Galata Bridge. In that respect, changing meanings attributed to space over time are analysed lead us to recognise two different ways of conceiving space named as 'spaceness' and 'placeness'. This dual existence is conductive to raising questions about perception of the 1912 Galata Bridge in two layers. Taken separately, its function of conveyance and the property of inhabitation lead us to read 'spaceness' and 'placeness' that also correspond to two ways of remembering it. Its 'spaceness' is perceived by the gaze and remembered through looking at its images, its 'placeness, on the other hand, is experienced by the body and recollected through reading texts that describe the actual engagement. Hence, 'spaceness' and 'placeness', gaze and body, image and text are correspondingly related with each other by the agency of the 1912 Galata Bridge as situated in collective memory.
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Cyberspace as a locus for urban collective memory
(2013) Sak, Segah
However salient the concept of cyberspace is, this study is an exploration of the relationship of people with their places. With a socio-spatial approach, this work sets forth a theoretical plexus between collective memory, cyberspace and urban space. This construction intrinsically relies on a conflation of associations and dynamics of memory, technology and place. Accordingly, the study explores analogies between cyberspace and memory, and between cyberspace and urban space. Merging qualities of the given concepts reveal that the cyberspace presents contemporary formations both of memory and of place. In the light of this premise, the study argues that cyberspace potentially constitutes an external urban collective memory and that it should be utilized to invent cyberplaces in this context. To understand the extent to which such potential is realized, a sample of the websites of existing location-based digital storytelling or oral history projects are investigated. To illustrate the means of projecting a cyberplace as a locus of urban collective memory, a model is established and a pilot website is created. Depending on the theoretical construction and the following propositions, a guideline for possible future implementations is generated. The intention is to bring cyberspace – the indispensible component of contemporary everyday life – to the light as a media that can be used to strengthen people’s relationship with cities rather than submitting our thought to the unavailing dystopia of digital culture.
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The role of schemas in understanding places
(METU, 2009) İmamoğlu, Çağrı
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What a kitchen can be: a food-centric approach
(2021-09) Gürata, Deniz
Alternative approaches for studying and designing the domestic kitchen need to be considered so that the space can reach its further potential. ‘Food-centric approach’ is one of the alternative ways that could be adopted which disrupts the centrality of the consumer. Food-centric approach aims to build a healthier relationship between human, food, cooking, culture, nature, resources, and the kitchen space. With the pursuit of a food-centric discourse, kitchen’s history, an analysis of the kitchen space, and an investigation of its placeness are presented. Existing problematics of a globalized and standardized domestic kitchen such as the functionalist approach, the consumerist behavior that is often promoted, and the visuality oriented mindset adopted in kitchen design are put forward. Furthermore, how these relate to greater societal matters such as society’s alienation from food and self are discussed. The domestic kitchen is where the individual’s relationship with food is built; therefore, kitchen design has the capacity to address such problems. The existing architectural literature remains insufficient in delivering an extensive understanding of the kitchen that considers all its elements, specifically food, which is the very subject of the kitchen. A food-centric analysis of the domestic kitchen has the capacity to offer a more comprehensive understanding of the kitchen, including its relation to space and place. Considering alternative approaches would inspire theory, design, and the improvement of overall perceptions and conceptions that are in touch with food, cooking, and the kitchen.