2021.17.2.29-60
İlkay Südaş, Volkan Zoğal, Bahar Kaba, Uwe Krause
OBRAZ MESTA PODĽA TURECKÝCH MIGRANTOV: PRÍPADOVÁ ŠTÚDIA MESTA AACHEN (NEMECKO) A MESTA HAAG (HOLANDSKO)
TURKISH MIGRANTS' IMAGE OF THE CITY: THE CASES OF AACHEN (GERMANY) AND THE HAGUE (THE NETHERLANDS)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24040/GR.2021.17.2.29-60
CITATION: Südaş, I., Zoğal, V., Kaba, B., Krause, U. 2021. OBRAZ MESTA PODĽA TURECKÝCH MIGRANTOV: PRÍPADOVÁ ŠTÚDIA MESTA AACHEN (NEMECKO) A MESTA HAAG (HOLANDSKO). Geografická Revue. [online]. Banská Bystrica, 2021, 17 (2), 29-60 [cit. 2021-12-18]. Dostupné na: https://doi.org/10.24040/GR.2021.17.2.29-60
Abstract:
Being visual narratives, cognitive maps reveal important aspects of the life worlds of city residents with migrant backgrounds. The urban images of Turkish migrants in Aachen (Germany) and The Hague (The Netherlands) have been explored in a comparative study. 52 participants from Aachen and 49 from The Hague drew maps of their city on a white A3-sized blank piece of paper. Participants were asked to show as many details as they were able to. The analysis of the maps con-tained quantitative as well as qualitative aspects. The maps were explored accor-ding to the type, number, and geographical distribution of the components. Each component on the cognitive maps was counted and categorized and the findings were mapped. The results confirm the significance of the city center in urban image formation, but display differences in the importance of one's own migrant neighborhood. Furthermore, living in a migrant neighborhood in most cases corre-lates with a more limited urban image, compared to living in a neighborhood with fewer migrants. Finally, gender differences in the urban images occur in both ci-ties.
Keywords: Cognitive maps, cities, urban image, Turkish migrants, Germany, The Netherlands
