The Meanings of the Built Environment

A Semiotic and Geographical Approach to Monuments in the Post-Soviet Era
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-11-061445-9
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 230 mm, Gewicht: 425 g

Reihe: Semiotics, communication and cognition

This volume analyses the interpretation of the built environment by connecting analytical frames developed in the fields of semiotics and geography. It focuses on specific components of the built environment: monuments and memorials, as it is easily recognisable that they are erected to promote specific meanings in the public space. The volume concentrates on monuments and memorials in post-Soviet countries in Eastern Europe, with a focus on Estonia. Elites in post-Soviet countries have often used monuments to shape meanings reflecting the needs of post-Soviet culture and society. However, individuals can interpret monuments in ways that are different from those envisioned by their designers. In Estonia, the relocation and removal of Soviet monuments and the erection of new ones has often created political divisions and resulted in civil disorder. This book examines the potential gap between the designers’ expectations and the users’ interpretations of monuments and memorials. The main argument is that connecting semiotics and geography can provide an innovative framework to understand how monuments convey meanings and how these are variously interpreted at societal levels.

Zielgruppe

Scholars interested in Semiotics, Cultural Geography, Urban Plann

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bellentani, Federico

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Semiotik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Geschichtspolitik, Erinnerungskultur
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Semiotik
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Geographie: Allgemeines, Karten & Atlanten
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Museumskunde, Materielle Kultur, Erinnerungskultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaften Semiotik

Über Autor(innen)

Federico Bellentani, University of Cardiff, UK.

Federico Bellentani, University of Cardiff, UK.