Gutierrez, Fernando H;
Torma, Ilkka;
(2020)
Urban revitalisation with music and dance in the Port of Veracruz, Mexico.
URBAN DESIGN International
, 25
(4)
pp. 328-337.
10.1057/s41289-020-00116-8.
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Abstract
The paper portrays the Plazuela de la Campana, a historical small square in the Port of Veracruz, Mexico that fell into ill-use and was revived with a strategy of music and dance events. The case demonstrates how music and dance became a new tradition that nurtures a collective attachment to the Plazuela and contributes to it being regarded as heritage. The privately initiated revitalisation borrows potency from prior nostalgic memories and traditions to overpower the past notoriety of the square. Dance and music, besides creating pleasant associations, effectively build a network of friendships that engages people in the square and through which the history of the place becomes remembered. All these effects deepen the meaningfulness of the Plazuela, which fosters personal affection towards the square and ultimately, it is proposed, translates into a general appreciation—a lesson to be learned for emerging urban planning practices.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Urban revitalisation with music and dance in the Port of Veracruz, Mexico |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1057/s41289-020-00116-8 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41289-020-00116-8 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
| Keywords: | Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences, Architecture, Regional & Urban Planning, Urban Studies, Public Administration, Plazuela de la Campana, Public space, Tactical urbanism, Music and dance, Urban revitalisation, Veracruz, CITY-PLANNING ORDINANCES, PUBLIC SPACE, POLITICS, LAWS |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10199529 |
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