Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
7th International Conference on Gender Studies: Gender, Space, Place and Culture, Gazimagusa, Kıbrıs (Kktc), 10 - 12 Ekim 2019, ss.94-106
URBAN SPATIAL PRACTICES OF THREE GENERATIONS OF WOMEN
Demet Bayar
Kılıçarslan 1,
Zeynep Uludağ
2
ABSTRACT
City influences the societies
it contains with its socio-cultural structure that changes in time while it is
also influenced by this change. The change in social structure transforms the
physical environment of the city as well as its sociological environment. Social
and physical environment, which are among the key elements of this
transformation, change the meaning and use of the public space in that society.
The actors who use public space most actively within the spatial motion of
daily life are women. In our country, spatial experiences of women related with
the urban public space and private space show sharp differences for each
generation. When the daily life experiences of women from different generations
are assessed, the differences within this context can give us important data to
read the urban space, culture, memory and history. The aim of the present study
is to comparatively examine the access of urban space and daily life practices
of three generations of women from the same ethnic origin in different zones
through the sample of Çorum province. It was also aimed to discuss the effects
of rural-urban migration, minority status and social gender roles by including
these to the phenomenon of “space” and at the same time to create verbal
history documentation. The study was conducted by making use of in-depth
interviews with three generations of women and other users who have experienced
public space experience with them, and also written and visual resources of
urban spaces and history. It was researched to what extent the socio-cultural,
socio-economic and socio-political structures in different time zones are
effective in women’s access to urban space and their use of public space and
how this interaction changes the space.
Key Words: Women, Public
space, Daily life practices, Social gender