იდენტობის ძიება და სიმბოლოს რღვევის პარადიგმა გარდატეხის ქალაქში
The Destruction of a Symbol and the Identity Paradigm of a City in Transition

Summary/Abstract: As the place is not only a context or background but it is an integral part of the identity, we should mention the role of a symbol in social and cultural studies. A small architectural change may change, for instance, social interaction, which in its turn may change the meaning of place. Places facilitate or challenge personal and social identity, as the place is a geographical environment which has acquired significance through the interaction between the person and the environment (Speller et al., 2002). When studying the urban identity, we shall determine the main characteristics of place identity theory and define common features of the identity of a city in transition: What makes an urban identity? Is it possible to determine common features of identities of cities in one period and different places, with similar political ideology? What is the identity of cities in transition? Does the destruction of a symbol determine the crisis in personal identity?

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