SHOPPING MALLS AND PUBLIC SQUARES, TWO DIFFERENT SEMIOTIC CONTEXTS IN THE EXPERIENCE OF LIVING THE CITY. CASE OF MONTERREY METROPOLITAN AREA, MEXICO
The opposition between civil public spaces (Bauman 2015), such as the public square, in relationto private spaces for public use, such as the shopping mall, condenses different semiotic contextsin the experience of living the city, that is, semiotic spaces outside of which the very existence ofthe e...
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Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
2021
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| Summary: | The opposition between civil public spaces (Bauman 2015), such as the public square, in relationto private spaces for public use, such as the shopping mall, condenses different semiotic contextsin the experience of living the city, that is, semiotic spaces outside of which the very existence ofthe exchange of meanings is impossible (Lotman, 1996), represented in the objects that make upthe place, the experiences of sociability between users and contact with the immediate urbanenvironment.
In this article, two types of shopping malls and a public square in the Monterrey MetropolitanArea are analyzed with the aim of contrasting two different semiotic contexts and theirpredominant characteristics. If we start from the notion of a current crisis in the way of living thecity, this contrast presents us with elements for a dialogue, an exchange of guidelines, with thepurpose of intervening in decision-making in the provision of background explanatory criteriathat allow the design of better urban spaces for social coexistence. |
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