Reconstructing Urban Boundaries : The Dialectics of Self and Place

Reconstructing Urban Boundaries : The Dialectics of Self and Place

built environment

community

identity politics

urbanism

bâti

communauté

identité

lieu

urbanisme

Géographie

Systèmes ; modélisation ; géostatistiques

Espace ; société et territoire

Géographie : politique ; culture et représentation

Épistémologie et méthodes

ost:Environmental studies; Geography & Development

isi:Geography

isi:Urban studies

Drawing upon the self psychology of Heinz Kohut, this paper attempts to bridge the polarity between the built environment of the city experienced as a place which supports human aspiration and ideals, and the city experienced as a space which expresses and implements humanly debilitating economic and social forces. Through community functions which resist the forces of experienced space, individuals are reconstituted at the core of self experience while transforming space and reconstituting place in the process.

Greif, Gary

Cruz, Marcelo

UMR 8504 Géographie-cités

1999-07-06

en

article

http://cybergeo.revues.org/1185