at a glance

Presented by the    Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, the study  Cultura, Subjetividade e Experiência: Dinâmicas contemporâneas na Arquitetura - culture, subjectivity and experience: Contemporary dynamics in Architecture, by Paula Uglione presents an analysis of urban landscape, developed with an understanding of memory as a fundamental aspect of the person-environment relationship. the way people perceive themselves and the world around them is primarily influenced by memory, which is much more than a mere storage of experiences situated within an individual's mind. It is rather an ongoing construction and update of 'archives.' Memory is a process of psychic representation of things - that is, symbolization. For this reason, memory is always required in the subjective construction of reality. Getting to know the archives people build about the urban spaces around them allows for an observation of the symbolic existence of their city and how it is 'invented' through the urban landscape.