Abstrakt: | The aim of the present article is to analyze the relationship between the city and the
protagonists of Giuseppe Culicchia’s texts. The methodological perspective is that of cultural
anthropology, in particular the concept of mente locale, discussed by Franco La Cecla. Mente
locale, as a relationship between space and human mind, is vital in the act of getting lost in
space (perdersi), which leads to getting to know it (orientarsi) and finally initiating the profound
relationship based on emotivity. Culicchia’s texts are set in Turin, and the study points out the
different ways of perception of the city. The analyzed texts represents the gradual acquisition of
knowledge about the city that corresponds to the theoretical thesis that is how the anthropology
of space and place illustrates the conceptual and material dimensions of space which is central
to the production of social life, bringing classics of cultural anthropology together with new
theoretical approaches. |