Yıl:2018   Cilt: 8   Sayı: 4   Alan: İletişim

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Merve ÇAŞKURLU BELGESAY ,İrem TEKİN YÜCESOY

Visual Documentation of Transforming Urban Space: A Case Study of Bağdat Avenue

The study focuses on “how urban transformation is perceived and can be demonstarted through photography as a tool for documentation”. The main objective of this research is to analyze urban transformation on Bağdat Avenue located on the Asian side of Istanbul and its surrounding area, which was once a summer resort area in the center of the metropolitan. The study begins with a short description of urban transformation in the area. Unlike Turkey, in the western countries, radical changes are documented systematically for the purpose of keeping a record. Hence, this paper highlights the importance of documentation of urban space in a transition period, to raise awareness about radical changes in the city image, followed by reviews on photographic documentation of urban transformation around the world. With the aim of analyzing the individual experiences on transformation by a tangible data, a focus group walked through and photographed the area according to their perception of transformation. Majority of the group preferred to show the urban transformation through its obvious and physical indicators. However, it is understood that the reasons underlying the urban transformation are not clearly perceived and described. This empirical study aims to fill a gap in the documentation of urban transformation field.

Anahtar Kelimeler: urban transformation, documentation photography, Istanbul, Bağdat Avenue


Visual Documentation of Transforming Urban Space: A Case Study of Bağdat Avenue

The study focuses on “how urban transformation is perceived and can be demonstarted through photography as a tool for documentation”. The main objective of this research is to analyze urban transformation on Bağdat Avenue located on the Asian side of Istanbul and its surrounding area, which was once a summer resort area in the center of the metropolitan. The study begins with a short description of urban transformation in the area. Unlike Turkey, in the western countries, radical changes are documented systematically for the purpose of keeping a record. Hence, this paper highlights the importance of documentation of urban space in a transition period, to raise awareness about radical changes in the city image, followed by reviews on photographic documentation of urban transformation around the world. With the aim of analyzing the individual experiences on transformation by a tangible data, a focus group walked through and photographed the area according to their perception of transformation. Majority of the group preferred to show the urban transformation through its obvious and physical indicators. However, it is understood that the reasons underlying the urban transformation are not clearly perceived and described. This empirical study aims to fill a gap in the documentation of urban transformation field.

Keywords: urban transformation, documentation photography, Istanbul, Bağdat Avenue


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