Ceci n’est pas un mur: Ephesus’un Kentsel Sınırlarının Simgeselliği ve Gerçekliği

Year 2012, Issue: 2, 175 - 199, 01.01.2012

Brianna Brıcker

Abstract

In this paper I trace how the physical and conceptual boundary makers of Ephesos shifted as successive communities appropriated their forms to meet changing demands. Physical walls encircled the city, but could not contain a community reaching into wider Mediterranean networks; political, economic, and religious links defied material boundaries. As markers of community gained greater complexity, ideological and representational forms took the place of, or worked alongside, the physical form of the city wall, so that meaning invested in the actual fortifications was reinforced through ritual and imagery, or else transferred to other realms more accessible and immediate to Ephesian concerns.

Keywords

city wall, boundary, civic identity

Cecı N’est Pas Un Mur: Representatıon And Realıty In Ephesıan Urban Boundarıes

Abstract

Bu çalışmadaki amacım Ephesus kentinin fiziksel ve kavramsal olarak kent sınırlarını belirleyenlerin birbirini izleyen dönemlerde oluşan toplumların değişen beklentileri karşısında nasıl bir dönüşüm öngördükleri üzerinde durmaktır. Sur duvarları belki kenti çevrelemektedir ancak çok daha geniş ve Akdeniz’e özgü politik, ekonomik, dinsel bağlantıların bir parçası olan bu toplumu söz konusu surların kapsaması mümkün değildir. Çok daha karmaşık yapıya sahip olmaya başlayan bir toplumda ideolojik ve simgesel kavramlar da kentin surlarının fiziksel formunun belirlemesinde yerini almakta, etkili olmaktadır. Böylece, görünür surlara yüklenen anlama ritüel ve imgeler de eklenmekte; ya da Ephesus’da olduğu gibi çok daha ulaşılabilir ve dolaysız bambaşka bir dünyaya dönüşebilmektedir

Keywords

sur duvarı, sınır, kentsel kimlik

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