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Wykorzystanie przestrzeni społecznej do manifestacji władzy w Lomé stolicy Togo

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Pawlik J. J.

Forum Politologiczne

2012

vol. 13 - "Stare" i "nowe" mocarstwa w Afryce - stygmaty kulturowe, religijne, polityczne, ekonomiczne i społeczne

321-343

The social space generated for the political power is functional as the place of government and official residence of governing people. It is also symbolic because it expresses the prestige of power and the accepted ideology. The official buildings are the appropriated means to deploy the image of power. The paper presents some official buildings in Lomé, capital of Togo, and analyses their symbolic signification. As first example, it is the Governor Palace, huge, nice building constructed at the beginning of 20th century, used were changed their significance over time. As a second example service buildings constructed at the Place of Independence around the Monument of Independence. The author argues the recent history expressed through official buildings shows that it is difficult to construct the imagery of hopeful future in Togo because there are no clear and solid „lieux de memoire" that can serve as roots.

Przestrzeń społeczna miasta – dylematy geograficzno-metodologiczne

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Runge J.

Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Geographica Socio-Oeconomica

2017

issue 27

99-109

The problems of social space research in geography, which are outlined here, enable to make a few general remarks: Firstly, despite the process of socialization of geography, carried out as early as in the 1970s, the importance of social issues has not decreased, but even with the political-economic transformation, globalization, the second demographic transition, shrinking of cities and the process of suburbanization, has become more important. The subjective role of man in an urban space city or a region results not only from the ability to carry on anthropogenic activities, but also from the fact that the origin of all human activities in the space is the will to satisfy various needs – from basic to specialized ones; Secondly, thorough analyses of the current conceptualizations of the social space (not only the ones carried out by sociologists) indicate weaknesses of classical theories and models, restraining studies of contemporary social structures and processes especially in complex settlement systems (Runge 2009); Thirdly, referring to achievements of the so-called Chicago School is currently insufficient to carry out space-time synthesis of the observed changes of local/regional societies which take place also at different hierarchical levels (the space of a residential area, its neighbourhood, the city, the conurbation and its surroundings, the region). The lack of sufficient public statistics, difficulties in field studies, thematic preferences, significant dominance of sociological research and the dearth of geographical attempts to conceptualize the social space are only few features of the carried on studies;And fourthly, the problem of the social space with the accompanying issues of the public and housing space are important even in the context of revitalization programmes and gentrification of urban areas, setting goals of development in the context of cities shrinking, or in conditions of demographic ageing. Thus, the analysis of changes in the social structure of the area should be an essential component of an urban and regional policy.

Celem opracowania jest identyfikacja podstawowych kwestii problemowych w badaniach przestrzeni społecznej i pojęć pokrewnych w kontekście współczesnych wyzwań polityki lokalnej i regionalnej. Zainteresowania przestrzenią społeczną wynikają nie tylko z konsekwencji transformacji ustrojowo-gospodarczej, procesu kurczenia się miast, suburbanizacji, ale także z nadal widocznego procesu uspołeczniania geografii. Konieczne stają się poszukiwania nowych koncepcji wyjaśniających złożoność owych procesów, zwłaszcza wobec konieczności rewitalizacji przestrzeni miejskiej. Dlatego szczególną uwagę w artykule poświęcono relacjom między przestrzenią społeczną, publiczną i mieszkaniową.

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Wykorzystanie przestrzeni społecznej do manifestacji władzy w Lomé stolicy Togo

Przestrzeń społeczna miasta – dylematy geograficzno-metodologiczne