The importance of symbols in the region formation process
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F17%3A10360452" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/17:10360452 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00291951.2017.1317285" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00291951.2017.1317285</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00291951.2017.1317285" target="_blank" >10.1080/00291951.2017.1317285</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The importance of symbols in the region formation process
Original language description
The aim in the article is to conceptualize the general foundations of research on the importance of regional symbolism in the process of region and regional identity formation. The article is founded on a critical analysis of works pertaining not only to the field of the new regional geography, but also to the field of regional marketing and/or branding, sociology, and semiology. The authors focus on meanings attributed to symbols and symbolism in literature, and observe which elements are viewed as regional symbols and how these symbols contribute to the process of regional development and institutionalization, especially in the formation of its symbolic shape. They examine the thematic and theoretical grounds, looking at identity, regional identity, and regional institutionalization. Next, regional symbols are defined and classified according to their types and forms, and their importance in the process of regional formation and institutionalization is discussed. The results show that symbols of any type can play an important role in a region's marketing, and become the key image associated with a region. The authors conclude that regional symbols are a significant feature of the formation of a region and its identity, both outwardly (the external image of a region) and inwardly (concerning the inhabitants' relationships with their region).
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50701 - Cultural and economic geography
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GBP410%2F12%2FG113" target="_blank" >GBP410/12/G113: Historical Geography Research Centre</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift
ISSN
0029-1951
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
71
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2
Country of publishing house
NO - NORWAY
Number of pages
16
Pages from-to
98-113
UT code for WoS article
000402008400003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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