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| THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS AND MECHANISM RESEARCH OF COLLECTIVE MEMORY AND SYMBOLIC SPACE IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF RITUAL ACTIVITY: A CASE STUDY OF CELEBRATION CEREMONY IN ANNIVERSARY OF NANJING UNIVERSITY |
| SHI Fei1, MAO Meng-ru2, TANG Wen-yue3, JIANG Zhi-jie2, GAO Cai-chi4 |
1. Fifth Department, Suqian College, Suqian 223800 China;
2. School of Geographic and Oceanographic Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China;
3. School of Tourism and Urban Management, Jiangxi University of Finance and Economics, Nanchang 330013, China;
4. Jiangsu Province Conmunications Planning and Design Institute Limited Company, Nanjing 210014, China |
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Abstract Ritual activity is the origin of the constructing of the collective memory, symbol space and local identity, which has become an important research topic in Western cultural geography since its study helps to reveal the inner competition mechanisms of political and public life in various city spatial scales. Of those few pertaining domestic literature mainly view ritual activity, collective memory, symbol space and local identity as separate research topics. In view of such research's lasting and overspread effect, the paper chooses Nanjing University anniversary ceremony as a study case, covering both one old and two new campus of Nanjing University. Then, the combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, such as literature research, fieldwork, deep-interview, has been used to explore the construction process and mechanism of collective memory, symbolic space and local identity through top-down ritual activities, namely anniversary ceremony of an university, so as to contribute to the nurture of diverse university community in the increasingly globalization of China and in turn lead to evoke diversified collective memory and enhance the local identity through the planning and construction of campus memorials on campus, especially on new campus or expanded campus.
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Received: 26 February 2014
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2015, Vol. 30 
