The Labyrinths of the City: A Guided Visit to Make a Journey Around Different Interpretations of the City

• Autores: Rosario Rogel Salazar
• Localización: CIENCIA ergo-sum, ISSN 1405-0269, Vol. 10, Nº. 1, 2003, págs. 5-17
• Idioma: inglés
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  • español

    A partir de la utilización de la metáfora del laberinto se analizan las posibles formas de percepción de la ciudad. De esta manera, las reflexiones presentadas sirven como mapa a los posibles recorridos que nos permiten las distintas formas de entenderla, buscando examinar a la ciudad más allá de las formas organizativas y de los objetivos que se le asignan desde un plano abstracto que permite advertir la fragmentación de los sentidos.

  • English

    This paper proposes a way to find a common ground in different interpretations of what a city is. In general, it is not a theory explaining the patterns and problems of a city; neither does it make reference to any city in particular. Its only purpose is to find meaning within distinct interpretations of what a city is. I apply the metaphor of the labyrinth as a strategy for analysing different ways (‘classical’, ‘arboreal’ and ‘rhizomic’) of perceiving a city. This idea is an analogy for a tour in search of ‘sense’ and thus, is a metaphor for the same human activity. These thoughts are not a ‘copy’ of what a city is, but a map of the diverse paths that allow us to interpret the city in different ways. I attempt to analyse the city from an abstract level that allows us to realise a ‘fragmentation of meaning’ beyond the city’s forms of organisation and the objectives assigned to it.