JUXTAPOSITION OF CITY IDENTITIES Mapping Tilburg Through Psychogeographical Perspective of International Students by Meric Cukurova

The city is not simply a physical space but also a cultural and social space that is continually being constructed and reconstructed by its inhabitants. Unlike a fixed city image, mapping practice represents a temporary city that is open to change from an individual’ perspective. In that sense, I try to explore new ways of seeing the city through the social imaginaries of people from different cultures by co-creating with international student. As a tactical field, public space is an imaginary space that resists one dominant image of the city where participants produce meaning continually through observing and following their emotions in the urban environment. Aiming to understand how international students create meaning and how the city of Tilburg is constructed through multiple ways of mapping in three areas -Dwaalgebied, Winkelgebied, and Veemarktkwartier-, I focus on the performative aspects of mapping and challenge traditional mapping practices through psychogeographical and experimental video mapping.

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of yellow

There were balconies in sunny places. Color… The city is not very colorful. She saw graffiti with a smiling face. Sun… Smiley faces… The egg with the yellow. She was surprised when she saw the restaurant, Indonesian. How can this small city host many countries? A far way country

like Indonesia. She saw a store named 'snell'. Everything should be fast, written on the signboard of the store. She was amazed by the building. The building is shaped according to the street or the street is shaped according to the building. She doesn't know. She was confused. Order and chaos. Very traditional and very modern. Peace in the chaos. More like macro calmness and micro chaos, in the way buildings are constructed. She saw families. At the end of the day, everybody holds on to their family? After the giant buildings, she wanted to finish her journey, she returned the yellow place.

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Meric Cukurova - JUXTAPOSITION OF CITY IDENTITIES Mapping Tilburg Through Psychogeographical Perspective of International Students - 2024