THE SPATIAL PRACTICES OF COLONIAL GOVERNMENTS

Year 2021, Volume: 9 Issue: 2, 166 - 177, 22.12.2021

Esengul Danısan

Abstract

Seoul, as one of Asia's most developed metropolitan city, experienced colonization and modern urbanization practices at the same time under the Japanese colonial government for about 35 years, and its built environment had undergone serious physical and symbolic changes in this process. The imperialist countries legitimize their existence through carrying their spatial practices to the colonial countries. Today, it is not difficult to trace the impacts of this period in the skyline of Seoul city, in its urban layers. This article, which will try to understand and reveal the urban practices of Japan while rebuilding the city of Seoul in line with its own ideals during this period through urban planning decisions, also aims to discuss the process of transforming Seoul into a Japanese Empire’s showcase through urban spatial practices.

Keywords

Seoul, colonization, modernisation, Japan, urban space

SÖMÜRGE YÖNETİMLERİN MEKÂNSAL PRATİKLERİ

Abstract

Seul, Asya’nın en gelişmiş metropollerinden biri olarak, Japon sömürgesi altında yaklaşık 35 yıl sömürgeleştirme ve modern kentleşme pratiklerini aynı anda deneyimlemiş, yapılı çevresi fiziksel ve sembolik olarak bu süreçte çok ciddi değişimler geçirmiştir. Bunda Emperyalist ülkelerin, mekânsal pratiklerini sömürge ülkelerine taşımak suretiyle o ülkelerdeki varlıklarını meşrulaştırma eğilimleri etkili olmuştur. Günümüzde Seul kentinin siluetinde, kentsel katmanlarında hala bu dönemin izlerini sürmek hiç de zor değildir. Bu dönem Japonya’nın Seul kentini kendi idealleri doğrultusunda yeniden inşa edişindeki kentsel pratikleri ve bu pratikleri ortaya koyan planlama kararlarını anlamaya çalışacak olan bu makale, aynı zamanda kentsel mekânsal pratiklerle Seul’un Japon İmparatorluğunun bir gösteri mekânı haline getirilmesi sürecini tartışmayı amaçlamaktadır.

Keywords

Seul, sömürgeştirme, modernleşme, Japonya, kent mekânı

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