An Approach to Mapping the Sense of the City: Making Invisible “Constraints” Tangible

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Fengyi Zhou
Isarachai Buranaut

Abstract

The lives of residents in Jinhua Town, Jianchuan County, China, coexist with protected cultural relics, bringing challenges to the protection and management of cultural relics, as well as different degrees of impact and restrictions to the daily lives of residents. This article implements an artistic strategy of cultural mapping, combining the concepts of a sense of place with community participation. Its method emphasizes the emotional attachment of community members to the place and reshapes their sense of identity in the process of community and art practice. Finally, the article discusses how community citizens can use art in their collective memory to deepen the sense of place and alleviate the contradiction between cultural relic protection and management in the daily lives of residents in terms of aesthetics and how to improve residents’ awareness of cultural relic protection in this process.

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Zhou, F., & Buranaut, I. . (2025). An Approach to Mapping the Sense of the City: Making Invisible “Constraints” Tangible. Asian Journal of Arts and Culture, 25(1), e277719. https://doi.org/10.48048/ajac.2025.277719
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