The Soul of The City: Space, Memory and Identity


Uzgören G.

  • Dersin Düzeyi: Lisans
  • Tasarlanan Ders Kodu: IAE464
  • Öğretim Türü: Örgün Öğretim (Normal Öğretim)
  • Dersin Kapsamı: Teorik
  • Akademik Yıl: 2025 - 2026
  • Ders İçeriği:

    Based on Christian Norberg-Schulz's concept of Genius Loci and Henri Lefebvre's Production of Space theory, this course aims to analyse how the social, cultural, economic, political and physical elements of cities shape spatial experience. The course aims to evaluate the ongoing production processes of space in different cities from different geographies through urban memory, current urban transformation dynamics and debates. Throughout the course, each week a different city will be analysed and the spatial dynamics of that city will be analysed. These analyses will be evaluated under headings such as historical layers, urban morphology, public spaces, urban transformation, social memory and identity. Through discussions based on theoretical