Introduction. Performativity and Construction of the City : an Archetypal Question?
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| Year of publication | 2017 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Ritualizing the City : Collective Performances as Aspects of Urban Construction from Constantine to Mao |
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| Field | Art, architecture, cultural heritage |
| Keywords | City; Ritual; Performativity; Ritual Space |
| Description | It seems useful to start this introduction with a simple observation: the city has always been, and remains, the ideal place of collective rituality. It is the city that has hosted, since Antiquity, collective celebrations of victory, important religious ceremonies, but also ritual consecrations of the elite.... |
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