Symbolic interactionism: pre-revolutionary and Soviet architecture as media in the perception of new generations ofyouth

EDN: POLLXZ DOI: 10.22394/2071-2367-2022-17-5-15-30

Authors

  • Suslov I. V. Saratov National Research State University

Keywords:

media, Soviet architecture, mental maps, youth, USSR, urban-studies, городские исследования

Abstract

There are three historical stages
in the urban development of many large and
medium-sized cities of Russia: prerevolutionary, Soviet and post-Soviet, with
characteristic principles of urban planning and
iconic architectural objects symbolizing certain values. Purpose: to study the peculiarities
of the emotional perception of the Soviet, preSoviet and post-Soviet components of urban
space by the youth of the Russian regional
center in the 2020s. Research methodology:
reasoning in the spirit of M. McLuhan, we consider architecture as media or intermediary
between a person and the world of meanings.
The analysis of mental maps will allow you to
recreate the imaginary structure of urban
space, identify individual components of this
structure and determine their symbolic significance (including emotional) in the eyes of
citizens. As a result of the study of mental
maps, the trend of devaluation of the symbolic
value of the old merchant building area has
been determined. Once (in the prerevolutionary period), the prestigious district
is now poorly represented on the mental maps
of young people. In the eyes of modern youth,
the historical center of the city loses its importance and ceases to fit into the image of the
future. The symbolic significance of such objects-symbols of the Soviet urban space, as the
monument to Lenin, the buildings of the regional and city administration, the Opera and
Ballet Theater is also falling. Modern youth
mental maps of Saratov also lack Soviet industrial giants and revolutionary monuments.
However, such architectural objects built in
Soviet times as, for example, the Bridge and
Victory Park on Sokolova Gora are still the
main landmarks on the periphery of the city

Author Biography

Suslov I. V., Saratov National Research State University

Candidate of Sociological Science

Senior Researcher of the Educational and Scientific laborato-ry "Digital studies of the Philosophy of Risk"

Author ID(РИНЦ): 561147

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Published

2022-10-30

How to Cite

Suslov И. В. (2022). Symbolic interactionism: pre-revolutionary and Soviet architecture as media in the perception of new generations ofyouth : EDN: POLLXZ DOI: 10.22394/2071-2367-2022-17-5-15-30. Central Russian Journal of Social Sciences, 17(5), 15–30. Retrieved from https://orelvestnik.ru/index.php/srvon/article/view/234

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