Cities, Nations and Ideologies in Situ: The Galician Experience: Santiago de Compostela as a Paradigmatic Territory, 1918–1960

Authors

  • Iñigo Mouzo Riobó Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

Keywords:

Geography, History of Arts Cities and Region, Nationalis, Identity, Cultural Heritage, Spain and Galician Architecture, Santiago de Compostela

Abstract

The growth of nations and the creation of territorial ideologies (such as nationalisms, regionalism) bring in numerous Contemporaneous changes. These ideologies have not only given way to several new connotations about the growing importance of territorial identity (both at a national as well as regional level), but also have developed a complex system of ideologies from the local perspective. During my presentation, I intend to examine the relationship between political ideologies and architecture within the Galician and Spanish context. The primary focus will be on nationalism manifested in urbanism during the period of 1918-1960 in Galicia. During the republican period and after the Spanish Civil War, this region and more concretely the city of Santiago de Compostela became the centrepoint. This discourse of territorial nationalism is a pivotal phenomenon in the process of rehabilitation of Santiago de Compostela and leaves a solid impact in the creation of a significant image of the historical city. Thus, the city becomes a storehouse of ideas such as centre and periphery, Western European, a place of marginalized ideology set against the large central narrations of the nation-state debate.

Author Biography

Iñigo Mouzo Riobó, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

I am PhD student of History of Arts in the ‘Faculty of Geography and History’ of the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. I completed Masters in Renovación Urbana e Rehabilitación (2008) from the same University. My Masters thesis is entitled Camino de Santiago a su paso por Cacabelos, calles Cimadevilla, Santa Maria, Angustias, y Avenida de Galicia. Of late, in 2010, I defended Diploma of Advanced Studies (MPhil equivalent) thesis entitled Territorio y cultura, Santiago de Compostela, formulación galleguista, arquitectura regional. El eje Alameda - Residencias (1918–1960). Currently, I am a part of ANTE. Análise Territorial, an international research group in the field of Geography. My upcoming PhD thesis is entitled La construcción in situ del territorio a partir de la arquitectura rexionalista (1920–1960) y rexionalista crítica (1960–2010).

Published

2012-03-05

Issue

Section

Research articles