The thesis attempts to illuminate the construction process of the Middle East as a separate region. Within this context, it first seeks to find out what a region means. For this sake, the thesis outlines the historical development of the discipline of geography and the changing meanings of region in line with the disciplinary developments. Furthermore, it concentrates on the emergence of the region Middle East, its denomination and transformation along with changing international politics. Finally, the thesis evaluates the existence of the ethnocentric geographical term Middle East within the context of current global conditions.

The purpose of this thesis is to research the relation between spatial structures and social relations including the cultural ones. This study specifically researches the relation between the construction and the representation of urban space and urban culture in Sakarya Caddesi as an instance of society-space interaction. This research focuses on Sakarya Caddesi where various urban cultural practices such as entertainment, has intensified. It deals with the constitution and representation of this entertainment space and researches how a particular place is constructed materially and imaginarily, how different social actors perceive, interpret and constitute a particular place in different ways. Accordingly, the contestation over the representation and use of place is discussed in this study. In order to comprehend a local place and culture, the issues should be thought in a wider context. Therefore, Sakarya Caddesi which is a part of urban space and the urban practices which occur in this area, are evaluated in global context. This study, discusses the influences of global changes on urban space, urban cultural practices and lifestyles. Discussing Sakarya Caddesi and its culture through discourses, this thesis relates spatial categories with some concepts of cultural politics such as identity.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:25:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 IsaPZR.pdf: 837956 bytes, checksum: 9d3f7aab6a304a9e0966a981187eedd1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-08-22 / Le pr?sent texte vise ? analiser la apropriation de l'espace par le pouvoir publique. Entre les ann?es 1956 et 1964, la ville br?silien de Natal a ?t? administr? par le maire Djalma Maranhao, dirigeants politiques marqu?es par des id?es nationalistes, comme la lutte contre l'imp?rialisme et l'?mancipation du peuple a travers de ce que l'on appelle ? culture populaire ?. Le terme a acquis une connotation politique, en m?me temps dans ce qui ?tait consid?r? comme la plus pure manifestation du peuple br?silien. La dynamique politique signifie aussi un nouveau regard sur la ville, enquant que le d?sir de progr?s, de industrialisation et de r?formes sociales propag?e dans la politique nationale br?silienne, directement traduit par des changements dans son espace physique. Dans cette orientation nationaliste, la ville a entrepris des actions syst?matiques ? l'encontre des nouveaux besoins urbains qui se posent en m?me temps que tourn? certains places de la ville ? espaces culturelles, appel?e ? places de la culture ?. Ces espaces sont destin?s ? la promotion de la culture populaire en m?me temps il a ?t? un domaine strat?gique de la production et la r?ception des valeurs d?fendues par Djalma Maranhao. En ce sens, nous avons demand? r?pondre quelle a ?t? la position du maire face ? la besoins urbaines qu'ils se posaient et comme les places de la culture sont int?gr? ? la vie quotidienne de la ville de Natal, donnant une nouvelle signification ? la place publique. Pour la construction de ce travail, nous utilisons les sources orales et de revues, de journaux et de A Rep?blica et Folha da Tarde, comme le principal ressources m?thodologiques / Este trabalho tem como objetivo analisar a apropria??o do espa?o pelo poder p?blico Entre os anos 1956 e 1964, a cidade de Natal foi administrada pelo prefeito Djalma Maranh?o, lideran?a pol?tica marcada pelas bandeiras nacionalistas do per?odo que eram a luta contra o imperialismo e a emancipa??o do povo atrav?s do que se denominou cultura popular. O termo ganhou uma conota??o pol?tica ao mesmo tempo em que era entendido como a mais pura manifesta??o do povo brasileiro. O momento pol?tico significou tamb?m um novo olhar sobre a cidade, na medida em que o anseio de progresso, de industrializa??o e de reformas sociais propagado pela pol?tica em ?mbito nacional, refletiu diretamente nas transforma??es no seu espa?o f?sico. Dentro dessa orienta??o nacionalista, a prefeitura empreendeu a??es sistematizadas frente ?s novas necessidades urbanas que surgiam ao mesmo tempo em que transformou algumas pra?as da cidade em espa?os culturais, denominados pra?as de cultura. Esses espa?os eram destinados ? promo??o da cultura popular ao mesmo tempo em que era um espa?o estrat?gico de produ??o e recep??o dos valores defendidos por Djalma Maranh?o. Nesse sentido, procuramos responder qual foi o posicionamento do prefeito frente ?s demandas urbanas que surgiam e como as pra?as de cultura foram sendo incorporadas ao cotidiano da cidade, atribuindo novos sentidos ? pra?a p?blica. Para a constru??o deste trabalho recorremos ?s fontes orais e aos peri?dicos, os jornais A Rep?blica e Folha da Tarde, como principais recursos metodol?gicos