CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2023
| Author | Mariam Kalandadze |
|---|---|
| Title | "The Upside-Down": Ambivalent Affective Geography of the Georgian Parliament Building |
| Summary | This thesis explores the ambivalent affective geography of the Georgian parliament building, which has been the main site for political struggles for over 35 years. Throughout the years, it became a site that encapsulates positive as well as negative experiences, memories, meanings and affects. In other words, various ups and downs have unfolded in the area – a process captured by the thesis title, “the upside-down”. This study builds on subject and object-oriented approaches. It illustrates that ambivalent affects emerge from memories and meanings that people assign to the area, as well as from the physical setting and the built environment. To describe the complex and conflicting character of affect, this thesis is structured around concepts of space, place, and territory, through which different affective aspects of “geography” are uncovered. Apart from ethnographic and qualitative methodology, participant-based drawings of “the upside-down” are utilized and proposed as a research method that facilitates the analysis of ambivalent affective geography. This thesis contributes to the literature on arts-based methods, along with contributing to larger theoretical discussions about affect and geography. |
| Supervisor | Sopranzetti, Claudio; Kowalski, Alexandra |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2023/kalandadze_mariam.pdf |
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