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Urban chronopolis: Ensemble of rhythmized dislocated places

OSMAN, Robert and Ondřej MULÍČEK

Basic information

Original name

Urban chronopolis: Ensemble of rhythmized dislocated places

Name in Czech

Městská chronopolis: Soubor rytmizovaných dislokovaných míst

Authors

OSMAN, Robert (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Ondřej MULÍČEK (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Geoforum, Oxford, PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE, 2017, 0016-7185

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50702 Urban studies

Country of publisher

Netherlands

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.566

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/17:00094933

Organization unit

Faculty of Science

UT WoS

000413127400009

Keywords (in Czech)

rytmus; polyrytmie; chronotop; chronopolis; město; Brno

Keywords in English

rhythm; polyrhythmia; chronotope; chronopolis; city; Brno

Tags

Tags

International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 12/4/2018 17:46, Ing. Nicole Zrilić

Abstract

V originále

Urban rhythmicity, the topic of this paper, is to a certain extent a reflexion of the current discourse on approaches to urban research. The presented paper approaches everyday urbanism through rhythms. An urban place can be defined not only by its spatial attributes, but also through its affiliation to a particular spatio-temporal system. For this purpose the paper employs two theoretical traditions – Lefebvre’s rhythmanalysis and Bakhtin’s concept of chronotope. Lefebvre’s rhythmanalysis should be seen here primarily as a framing outline, whereas Bakhtin’s chronotope provides considerably more analytical power to delimit temporally-defined urban place as a typological category. These two traditions however offer only limited possibilities to follow temporal connections among the set of spatially dislocated places. For this reason, this paper develops Laguerre’s concept of chronopolis, reconceptualised at the city-scale level. This paper aims to (i) further explore the nature of “urban polyrhythmia”; (ii) describe particular places as specific chronotopes; (iii) identify particular types of chronotopes based on the similarity of rhythmical profiles (chronopolis); and finally, (iv) to define the city as a set of particular chronopoles. The empirical part of the paper analyses a selection of localities within the space of Brno, Czech Republic. Based on long-term observations, a daily rhythm profile was described for each of 18 chosen urban localities. Particular types of chronopoles are identified according to their common rhythmical profiles stemming from the presence and absence of human users. The empirical part of the paper identified four different chronopoles (work-cycle, return, hot-spot, centre) that enable a description of the city as an ensemble of temporally rhythmized and spatially dislocated places.

In Czech

Text přistupuje k městské každodennosti skrze rytmy. Cílem je hlubší prozkoumání města jako polyrytmie, popis dílčích míst ve městě jako specifických chronotopů, identifikace jednotlivých typů chronotopů na základě podobnosti rytmů (chronopolis) a definice města jako souboru dílčích chronopolis. Empirická část analyzuje vybrané lokality ve městě Brně, Česká republika.

Links

GA17-02827S, research and development project
Name: Mapování každodennosti: reprezentace prostorů rutiny (Acronym: MERS)
Investor: Czech Science Foundation
GA17-16097S, research and development project
Name: Prostorová nespravedlnost automobilitních technologií
Investor: Czech Science Foundation