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Transformatıon of Pera into Cultural District of Istanbul in the second half of the 19th Century
Bayram, Muhammet Sami ; Klusáková, Luďa (advisor) ; Martykánová, Darina (referee) ; Heltai, Gyöngyi (referee)
The second half of the 19th Century was a remarkable period in the history of the transformation of Istanbul's Pera district, which can also be detected in the history of its western type theatre buildings, passages, cultural activities, district regulations, planning and establishment of other public and private spaces. The scope of the study will focus on the period between the announcement of the Edict of Gulhane (1839) till Second Constitutional Era (1908). I have chosen the Pera district, also known as Beyoğlu/Taksim for this case study, because it had quite specific functions in the city. It had hosted various ethnical groups throughout its long history, which was also the case in the middle of the 19th century, and the cultural harmony influenced the district's social life. I intend to test this hypothesis by applying Charles Landry's creativity city concept with Pera's cultural district at the end of the thesis. I will apply the aforementioned concepts and examine the remarkable modern type constructions of the district and their history. I will show that gradual growth of the amount and intensity of interactions between the West and the Ottoman Society created a cultural infrastructure, which in turn created a cosmopolitan area in Pera. Social and daily life started to change with the...
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Cultural supply of Prague 7 City District – Art District 7
Vlasatá, Anežka ; Malcová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Hucková, Barbara (referee)
The thesis examines the current cultural supply of Prague 7 City District and the project Art District 7. The first part includes the description of the area of Prague 7 City District from a geographical, historical and demographic perspective. The principal chapter of the theoretical part is concerned with an analysis of the cultural institutions at work in the aforementioned area, supplemented with a financial analysis of particular cultural institutions. The theoretical part also scrutinizes the cultural funding provided by the Prague 7 City District. The practical part of the thesis focuses on the project Art District 7 which unites culture providers active in the area and officially declares Prague 7 City District as a cultural district. The project is depicted in its entirety in the practical part, beginning with the preparatory phase and concluding with the very realization of the project. The purpose of the research is to define the advantages resulting from the project, with the research founded on personal interviews with selected cultural providers, an employee of IPR Prague who participated in the preparations of the project and the city councillor for culture and neighbour relations of Prague 7 City District.
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Transformatıon of Pera into Cultural District of Istanbul in the second half of the 19th Century
Bayram, Muhammet Sami ; Klusáková, Luďa (advisor) ; Martykánová, Darina (referee) ; Heltai, Gyöngyi (referee)
The second half of the 19th Century was a remarkable period in the history of the transformation of Istanbul's Pera district, which can also be detected in the history of its western type theatre buildings, passages, cultural activities, district regulations, planning and establishment of other public and private spaces. The scope of the study will focus on the period between the announcement of the Edict of Gulhane (1839) till Second Constitutional Era (1908). I have chosen the Pera district, also known as Beyoğlu/Taksim for this case study, because it had quite specific functions in the city. It had hosted various ethnical groups throughout its long history, which was also the case in the middle of the 19th century, and the cultural harmony influenced the district's social life. I intend to test this hypothesis by applying Charles Landry's creativity city concept with Pera's cultural district at the end of the thesis. I will apply the aforementioned concepts and examine the remarkable modern type constructions of the district and their history. I will show that gradual growth of the amount and intensity of interactions between the West and the Ottoman Society created a cultural infrastructure, which in turn created a cosmopolitan area in Pera. Social and daily life started to change with the...
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