Document Type : Authored Book

Authors

• Mojtaba Valibeigi ¹
• Sakineh Maroofi ¹
• Ali Akbar Taghipour ²

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² School of Earth Sciences, Damghan University, Damghan, Iran

Abstract

This book offers a foundational exploration of Cultural Urbanism, examining the profound and dynamic relationship between human culture and the formation of our built environments. It posits that places on Earth are not static backdrops but are continuously shaped and reshaped by cultural forces.
The core argument is that culture is the common denominator and identity-giver to place. The book shifts the focus from purely physical structures to the socially constructed meanings, symbols, and values that define urban spaces. It investigates how human agency, collective mindsets, aspirations, and inner conflicts are physically manifested in human landscapes and settlements.
Drawing from urban sociology and cultural studies, the book analyzes the processes through which social meanings are produced, distributed, and represented within human habitats. It treats the study of human landscapes as an analysis of human creativity, failures, and all the actions that communities and nations have physically embodied on the Earth throughout history.
A central theme is the role of the human mind as the source of creation for place. The book argues that just as an artist arranges elements to express an idea, the collective human mind, with all its contradictions, arranges phenomena on the land to form a cultural landscape. "Foundations of Cultural Urbanism" is thus an effort to trace the impact of these attitudes, thoughts, and behaviors on the formation of human settlements and their tangible impact on the planet, making the influence of living culture on the shape of our habitats vividly apparent.
 

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Main Subjects

• Earth Sciences

ISBN: 9786225209190