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From Slum to Village: A Semiotic Analysis in Reimaging Urban Space.
- Source :
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Canadian Journal of Urban Research . Winter2016, Vol. 25 Issue 2, p48-61. 14p. - Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- The transformation of inner city spaces has been dominated by explanations stressing political economy factors such as rent gap and cultural factors such as urban amenities. This paper takes a diff erent approach in that it uses the tools of urban semiotics to show how the representations of space in a downtown location of protracted decline in the Canadian city of Calgary are transformed discursively and experientially to produce a different image for a diff erent social class. What made this reimaging of space so critical was the fact that the displacement of the existing population was rejected which called for a powerful and aggressive semiotic reinterpretation of the area. The semiotic strategies are discussed in relation to the material changes which reveal the contradictions and dilemmas in attempting to create a mixed class community through revitalizing imagery rather than merely redevelopment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *SLUMS
*VILLAGES
*PUBLIC spaces
*INNER cities
*CITIES & towns
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 11883774
- Volume :
- 25
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Canadian Journal of Urban Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 120006911