Public Spaces of Kaunas from the Inter-War Period to Contemporary: Content Analysis
Architecture and Urban Planning
2018
Kęstutis Zaleckis,
Jurga Vitkuviene,
Indre Gražulevičiūte-Vileniške,
Brigita Tranavičiūtė,
Huriye Armağan Doğan,
Jolita Sinkienė,
Tomas Grunskis
This research demonstrates the potential of content analysis
method in urban research in the context of the study of modernization of
Lithuanian cities during the Soviet period and its influence on contemporary
urbanism. The content analysis of visual material (photographs, postcards
and other images) is integrated as one of the methods of the study, allowing to
identify the social phenomena in public spaces and their changes throughout
the period from the inter-war era to contemporary. The descriptive analysis
presented in this article demonstrates changes in people and activities, in
scale and shape of public spaces, mobility and safety.
Keywords
Content analysis, Kaunas, modernization, public spaces.
DOI
10.2478/aup-2018-0005
Zaleckis, K., Vitkuviene, J., Gražulevičiūte-Vileniške, I., Tranavičiūtė, B., Doğan, H., Sinkienė, J., Grunskis, T. Public Spaces of Kaunas from the Inter-War Period to Contemporary: Content Analysis. Architecture and Urban Planning, 2018, Vol.14, pp.35-45. e-ISSN 2255-8764. Available from: doi:10.2478/aup-2018-0005
Publication language
English (en)