Pader sa Dalawang Mundo: Autoheograpiya ng Isang Burgis

Wall of Two Worlds: Autogeography of a Bourgeois (English)

Jerome D Ignacio

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.13185/KA2020.00503
Published Date: Jul 20, 2020 | Accepted Date: Mar 18, 2020 | Submitted Date: Dec 19, 2019

Abstract

Ayon kay Georg Simmel, makikita sa pang-araw-araw na pamumuhay at pagkilos ng mga tagalungsod ang tinatawag na blasé attitude, ang manhid na pakikitungo sa kapwa. Bagamat iniuugat ni Simmel ang blasé attitude sa dami ng nagsasalikop na karanasang nagpapapurol sa pandama ng taga-lungsod, layunin ng papel na ito na siyasatin kung paano nahuhulma ang blasé attitude bunga ng mga nililikhang pader, kongkreto at epistemiko, na nagtatakda ng demarkasyon ng espasyo ayon sa antas ng lipunan. Gamit ang iba’t ibang personal na karanasan mula sa pamumuhay sa eksklusibo at gated community sa tabi ng EDSA hanggang sa pagsakay sa pribadong sasakyan, iniuugnay ng papel na ito ang paghulma ng blasé attitude sa mga ironiyang kinahaharap sa lungsod ng buhay-burgis.

Keywords

autoheograpiya, burgis, blasé attitude, gentrification, gated communities, Quezon City, city studies, spatial politics




Title (English)

Wall of Two Worlds: Autogeography of a Bourgeois

Abstract (English)

According to Georg Simmel, the everyday life and movement of city-dwellers reveals what can be identified as blasé attitude, a numb relationship with the other. Although Simmel roots this blasé attitude to many overlapping experiences that dull the senses of the city-dweller, this paper aims to analyze how blasé attitude is shaped by constructed walls, both concrete and epistemic, that limit the demarcations of space according to social classes. Through various personal experiences from living inside an exclusive and gated community beside EDSA to riding a private car, this paper relates the shaping of blasé attitude to the ironies confronted in the city by bourgeois life.

Keywords (English)

autogeography, bourgeois, blasé attitude, gentrification, gated communities, Quezon City, city studies, spatial politics

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