Urban imaginaries as public space

Authors

  • Armando Silva Universidad Externado de Colombia

Keywords:

urban imaginaries, imagined cities, aesthetic function, citizen-led urbanism, urban ghost

Abstract

This paper focuses on describing the aesthetic basis upon which urban imaginaries are formed. The author explores the logical way this basis is expressed with ample reference to studies of imagined cities, to the point of proposing a three-part model that sustains the urban ways of living from the perspective of the imaginary conditions of the inhabitants.

A citizen-led urbanism emerges from this approach, expressing the urban imaginings while arguing that these can either provide a purely imagined reference, thus leading to the appearance of the urban ghost, or they can offer a realistic reference, where abandonment or indifference dominate social perception. This, in turn, allows the author to highlight certain properties of space use that come to justify the central thesis: urban imaginaries are part of public space.

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Author Biography

Armando Silva, Universidad Externado de Colombia

Académico del Programa de Doctorado en Estudios Sociales de la Universidad Externado de Colombia y el proyecto internacional "Imaginarios urbanos".

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Published

2011-12-13

How to Cite

Silva, A. (2011). Urban imaginaries as public space. ARQUITECTURAS DEL SUR, 29(40), 16–29. Retrieved from https://revistas.ubiobio.cl/index.php/AS/article/view/795

Issue

V.29, N.40 (Diciembre 2011): ESPACIO PÚBLICO

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