Memorial narratives and symbolic images as a resource for the development of Northern urban space

Irena Khokholova,Natalia Danilova,Alyona Tomaska,Kyunney Pestereva,D Maksimova

doi:10.1051/shsconf/202111200043

Abstract

The article is devoted to the identification of symbolic markers and perception of the cognitive model of the space of the northern cities of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). The definition of “northern cities” is constructed based on the results of a study to identify various aspects of identity (national, territorial, ethnocultural) and is used by the authors when defining all cities of Yakutia. The main tools for constructing and regulating the cognitive map of a city are city monuments associated with historical memory and acting as components of state policy and a nation-building tool. The main research methods were historical and cognitive analysis and the method of questionnaire survey. The novelty of the article is a cross-cultural study of the perception of urban monuments as symbolic markers of urban space. The authors observe a difference in the perception of the symbolism of urban space between generational groups. It is concluded that each city, depending on its geographical and economic location, local characteristics, and national identity, has its own specific set of symbolic markers in the cognitive map of the city. The findings will contribute to the systematic study of the value attitudes of residents of modern Russian cities. Multilevel models of symbolic images associated with both national and territorial identities are being built.

Highlights

The city in its potential provides a dynamic course of economic, political, socio-cultural, communication, microevolutionary and other processes, acting as a matrix for the life arrangement and life support of citizens
According to 2020, Yakutia includes 54 urban settlements, including: 13 cities, among which there are 4 cities of republican subordination, of which 1 city of republican significance - Yakutsk, the capital of the Republic. 3 cities are of republican subordination within the districts (Mirny, Nyurba, Pokrovsk); 9 cities of district subordination; 41 urban-type settlements
The cities of Yakutia can be conditionally divided into the following districts according to several distinctive features into the oldest cities (Yakutsk, Vilyuisk, Verkhoyansk, Srednekolymsk, Olekminsk) and industrial cities (Neryungri, Aldan, Tommot, Lensk, Mirny, Udachny, Pokrovsk, Nyurba), northern cities (Verkhoyansk and Srednekolymsk)

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The city in its potential provides a dynamic course of economic, political, socio-cultural, communication, microevolutionary and other processes, acting as a matrix for the life arrangement and life support of citizens. Various socio-economic, political, and cultural factors influence the formation of the city's image. According to D.N. Zamyatin and others, any city offers, as a rule, a multitude of symbolic images of different genesis, content, and structure, formed both by social and professional groups, and by individuals in the process of their purposeful activity [1]. Any city offers, as a rule, a multitude of symbolic images of different genesis, content, and structure, formed both by social and professional groups, and by individuals in the process of their purposeful activity [1] These images can be presented as iconic symbolic markers of urban space

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