Krajinná výstava v Chebe : historická kontinuita využitia verejného prostoru
Landscape exhibition in Cheb : historical continuity of usage of public space
Author(s): Marcela BrabačováSubject(s): History, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Cultural history, Architecture, Sociology, Local History / Microhistory, Social history, Recent History (1900 till today), Rural and urban sociology, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919), Interwar Period (1920 - 1939), WW II and following years (1940 - 1949), Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), History of Communism, Tourism
Published by: Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika v Košiciach
Keywords: Demographical change; Public space; Landscape exhibition; Identity and sense of place;
Summary/Abstract: Considering town design with regard to the originality, identity and traditions can play an effective role in city. The study focuses on changes in organization and usage of the public space in town caused by historical, demographical and political processes, and on process of identification of citizens with urban area. Via German phenomenon of landscape exhibitions we will observe reception and usage of green areas in border town Cheb. Differences in usage of the original and the recent one were caused by massive demographical change: after war removal of German inhabitants. Transforming the public space in Cheb via landscape exhibition we compare with the same process which took place in German border town Marktredwitz. Research methods used for writing this study were analysis of documents related to landscape exhibitions in general and with Chebean and Marktredwitzean exhibition in particular, participant observation and narrative interviews.
Journal: The City and History (Mesto a dejiny until 2019)
- Issue Year: 4/2015
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 72-83
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Czech
