Eero, Cecilia (2021) Too young to care, too old to matter?- Meanings of historic event legacy buildings in the current day context. Bachelor thesis.
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Abstract
This research investigates if the meanings attached to event building legacies differ between people who attended and did not attend a historic mega-event. As the built legacy of mega-events will decorate a city for years to come, it is important to reflect on its social impact and how it develops throughout citizen generations. With the case study of the Moscow Summer Olympic Regatta of 1980 in Tallinn, the current state of its legacy buildings was used to interview the peri-event and post-event generations of citizens on their attachment levels towards the Olympic buildings. It was concluded from 8 in-depth interviews that attendance in the event did not have a significant impact on the meanings citizens attach to the buildings and the meanings differ between the two population groups. It was rather the location, the architecture and personal connections that determined if and what type of meanings were attached to the Olympic buildings. The peri-event generation ascribed meaning to historical value and personal memories whereas the post- event generation valued location or style of buildings more.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Degree programme: | Human Geography and Planning |
| Supervisor: | Dijk, T. van |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Jul 2021 07:30 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Jul 2021 07:30 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3538 |
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