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EURA Conversation #68
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Conversation #68
ART-BASED AND CREATIVE METHODS FOR URBAN RESEARCH
by Stefania Crobe, University of Palermo, Italy
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In 1929, with his painting La Trahison des images, René Magritte famously declared, “Ceci n’est pas une pipe," challenging the relationship between representation and reality. He highlighted the distinction between an image and what it represents. In a similar short-circuit, Gregory Bateson, in Mind and Nature (1984), revisited a principle popularized by Alfred Korzybski, stating, «the map is not the territory, and the name is not the thing named». These statements highlight the complexity inherent in our understanding of urban space and territory, illustrating the many diverse ways they can be perceived across various disciplines. While acknowledging their complexity, we define them as collective and [...] Keep reading...
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