The space of metaphor in the space of the created locus (based on Hrant Matevosyan’s prose)
... associated with its history, intentional or unintentional plans of builders, representations of power and practices of residents, revealing archaic or pseudo-archaic elements in the city structure. The article focuses on Yerevan as a space of multiple symbolic layers, conflicts and re-significations. The authors trace how in the Armenian capital throughout the 20
th
and 21
st
centuries there was a deliberate displacement of some signs by others — from the demolition of religious and Soviet architectural ...
What tour guides are (not) silent about: on the social regulation of tour narratives (the case of the Kaliningrad region)
... regulators of tour narratives, the article highlights the process of socialization, the social context of the excursion itself, where group dynamics come into play, as well as institutional control. The study demonstrates that the guide is a bearer of symbolic power, manifested in the ability to ascribe meaning to objects and events, and, thereby, shape public opinion. In this sense, the guide moves beyond the role of a mere narrator, assuming the function of a creator of meanings. Guided tours perform ...
Cultural code of the city: the interrelation of verbal and visual texts
... information within sculptural works, and to determine the role of these objects in enriching the city’s cultural code and in shaping a unique sociocultural context for its inhabitants. The objects of analysis are physical art installations, carriers of deep symbolic meaning within the cultural and semiotic field of urban space and represented in the visual cluster of the city’s cultural code. These sculptures were created based on or inspired by literary texts. Using examples of narrative sculptural compositions ...
