TOMSK: VISUAL CONSTRUCTING OF LOCAL URBAN SPACES
DOI: 10.23951/2312-7899-2017-1-41-47
The ways of constructing of local urban spaces by the means of visual presentation are analyzed in this article. I use the concept of space as a cultural-anthropological construct having a communicative (sign) nature. I show that the local spaces of a city as a complex semiotic system are organized in the process of zoning (division into specific zones) of the common urban space with simultaneous visual marking of the specific specialization of the formed zones. I establish here three types of visual-semiotic acts forming local urban spaces: a) creating of space, b) transforming of space; c) transfer of space. The creation, the transformation and the transfer of urban loci are practical means of influencing overall look of the city, accessible to the inhabitants of the city. These means are illustrated by examples of the formation of local spaces of Tomsk.
Keywords: city, space, zoning, visual constructing, visual semiotics of city, participation in culture
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Issue: 1, 2017
Series of issue: Issue 1
Rubric: ARTICLES
Pages: 41 — 47
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