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WALKING THE THOUGHT

Walking and Mapping in Santiago

Hosted by Santiago de Compostela City Council

Managed by Incipit and Gestin del Patrimonio


Cultural (Complutense University of Madrid)
Walking in Santiago
Before the Mapping
Mapping
Mapping

Unlike

Like
Camio Areas and groups

Cervantes
San Roque

Fonseca
Inmaculada

Toural
Obradoiro

Alameda
No people at this time (Outside
of Contemporary Art Museum Visitors and locals identified over the walk
was empty).

Some pedestrians in San Pedro


and Casas Reais.

Maximum 20 people
Homeless in Cervantes

There were no people. Only the


waiter in Camalea Bar.

The junkies of Cervantes We walked under the arch +


heard about how the
musicians share the space
during the day its decided
each morning expand lets for
some of us who heard singers
last night
Marks on the ground in
Porta do Camio.
Have you identify World Heritage somewhere?
There was a sign at the
At Porta do Camio
hotel, on a green door
there was an
informative plaque on
Of course the Cathedral and City the recognition of
Council building and Hostal and
some faades on Hortas street.
Santiago as World
Asking to a Pilgrim (he or she told Heritage.
that the first 10 pilgrims have
breakfast for free), Asking in
Parador (If there is times to visit
No many obvious sign,
the building, and if its a public but the whole town
building). As the answer in looks like a WH place.
Parador is that the building is half
hostel, half museum, they claim The city maybe
about the lack of information assumes that the
about this circumstance. The
same about the works in the
visitor already knows,
cathedral (while there is an or that it is really not
advertisement in Trinidade; that important for
Suggestion: Open for works.
Also they comment about the them.
hard access for wheelchairs or
handicap people. And there is a In the square we met with some
lack of information in San people looking at the Cathedral
Fructuoso Church about the a man from the Netherlands
absence of an old Francoist who had walked some 3000 km,
symbol in the faade. taking photos at two ladies from
S. Korea who had walked 250
No, we couldnt km and were marking the
occasion by geo refine the very
recognize that in our spot in front of the cathedral. A
zone. lady was showing her family the
cathedral to her family who had
not been before. So the space
meant many things to many
people.
The architectonical
contrasts. The symptoms
of gentrification (empty What has interested you the most?
areas, renewed buildings
and urban furniture). nimas Church. Carallo
29. Moorish door in Ra
The stone over we are das Casas Reais.
walking in La piedra Cervantes.
que pisas. The place of
the forbidden door. The
The Urban structure.
white windows. The
The galeras
walls.
(windows). The
architectural
We stopped at the tree homogeneity, and the
that decides traditionally
transformations it
what students will study I
never got during what era implies from the
but I picked mathematics, Middle Ages till today.
so it made me happy that
today we chose professions The combination of
+ studies ourselves. heritage and everyday
Then we stopped next at life.
the place where the old
city gate Faxeira would Use of urban spaces,
have been we thought
large buildings next to
about one could visualise
it, and how often only one small gardens.
kind at heritage is
marketed when in reality
there are many.
The way of
management, moving What would you change?
to a more participative
UNESCO plaque, as it
model.
contains very little
information about
It would make Santiago as World
UNESCO's stamp more Heritage. There is a
visible. complete lack of
information about
Historical photos, informative archaeological
text, about the building interventions,
particularly mitigating the especially compared to
Cathedral being closed using information related to
technology. No orientation. churches.
No amenities for residents.
No vitality. Limited
accessibility for people with The excessive weight of
disabilities. Gentrifications. the tourist-oriented
No mixed use. No shops and restaurants
informations about back to the old bars!
interventions over time.
We then walked up to
Alameda (the group name!)
Regulations to keep the and we heard about the
city alive. A better and contrasting heritages this
more efficient way to one park have stones that
inform people. are official and others that
are not published or people
are proud of.
Understanding the
urban planning
through it own
What archaeology contributes to?
materiality.

Reuses of material.
Nothing Its no easy to say.

The two Marias


Nothing that we statue was an
could observe. example of this
before they became
a symbol for female
Nothing strength they have
been more pop
icons we
Where are the pondered whether
layers before the this sudden interest
medieval city? The in their story was
diachronic history related to the
of the city. current debate on
womens rights in
society in the
current Trump era
or whether the
grassroots groups
trying to highlight
their history was
the reason for this.
Use another ways of
managing the What archaeology could contribute to?
materiality and the
spatiality. Engage the
people and giving life
to the city. Not only Some visitors perceived a sad
buildings and ruins feeling and a conservative
(what moreover are an atmosphere in Santiago. Not only
archive, not an alive because of the climatic condition
entity) without any of the moment but also because
sort of information of a certain preservationistic or
(like in the children museumification excess. They
park behind San said they had the feeling that
Roque). Santiago was a decoration
mainly runned by the church.
Mark the layers and We reflected on how
chronological conservatism in buildings, in
development in time, materiality, in the urban scape
keep old remains even could affect in some sense, to
if out of context, people living here. Could
multitemporal conservatism in buildings
perspective, multiuse cause some rigidity or lack of
convey uncertainty can joviality that some walkers
bring time perspective, observed in the local people
building a narrative from Santiago?
that takes time into
account. Narrative Provide an archaeological
could centre on paths view on the town and
rather than buildings, highlight the evolution in time
embracing pilgrimage. of what we can see today.
Indirectly,
archaeology What archaeology could contribute to?
contributes to
preserving the site.
It can also help to
contrast the official
historical discourse The overall lessons we
and approach the learned were that spaces
old material and places mean many
everyday. things for many people. Who
has the power to write the
narratives of these sites is
only clear when the hidden
or secret histories of a place
are told.
Its also difficult to know
Engage with how to present multiple
different views at once so some of us
stakeholders. discussed new digital
Education solutions can help to provide
programmes. multiple narratives.
Even through our group was
meant to focus on Alameda
we discussed many of these
issues along the way its
the journey that matters, not
the destination.
WALKING THE THOUGHT
Walking and Mapping in
Santiago

See the recapitulations on


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watch?v=lY3YqSgN5sc&index
=6&list=PLyw_F_vDeacxqaDF
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WALKING THE THOUGHT
Walking and Mapping in Santiago

Hosted by Santiago de Compostela City Council

Managed by Incipit and Gestin del Patrimonio


Cultural (Complutense University of Madrid)

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