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Title: | The symbiotic relationship between space, place and performance |
Other Titles: | Displace Altofest |
Authors: | Cutajar, JosAnn |
Authors: | Valletta 2018 Foundation |
Keywords: | Space -- Social aspects -- Malta -- Valletta Place attachment -- Social aspects -- Malta -- Valletta Cultural property -- Social aspects -- Malta -- Valletta Social interaction -- Malta -- Valletta Culture in art Valletta 2018 European Capital of Culture Altofest - International Contemporary Live Arts (2018 : Malta) |
Issue Date: | 2018 |
Publisher: | Valletta 2018 Foundation |
Citation: | Cutajar, J. (2018). The symbiotic relationship between space, place and performance. In S. Mei & L. Mesiti (Eds.), Displace Altofest (pp. 14-25). Malta: Valletta 2018 Foundation. |
Abstract: | In this essay, the focus will be on how the meanings of space and place played out in Altofest Malta 2018. Lefebvre (1991: 26) underlines that space is a concept; it is also a physical and material space. Lefebvre makes a distinction between abstract space and social spaces, which in this case will mean lived meaningful spaces. Altofest Malta was located in different places around Malta. Places are spaces which have values and meanings stuck to them (Harvey, 1996). Places in Altofest were important because the practices inveigled in them acted as sources of information, and these were incorporated in the performance. Place was also used as a setting, a backdrop in the cultural productions. Space and place have a social and symbolic dimension to them. Space and places do not exist independently of human interaction – they are continuously re-created through social interactions and experiences, norms and meanings. Agnew (1987) and Gieryn (2002) define place as locale, location and sense of place. [Excerpt] |
URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/105996 |
ISBN: | 9789995713843 |
Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacSoWGS |
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