The Impossible Return to Itaca
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5335/hdtv.19n.1.8929Keywords:
Memory, Image, ArchitectureAbstract
The saga of man is a journey without return, from its nomadic condition to urban settlements, gives rise to differentiated values ​​that define the different cultures that are expressed physically, through the architectures that define spaces and cities. The reading of human history as accumulated memories, has multiple possibilities to be reviewed in books or stories, in physical or virtual images that give the reader the opportunity to reconstruct their own history, personal or collective, through different interpretative readings. These constructed realities are subject to constant evolution through time and the vicissitudes that have taken place. Only its care and maintenance guarantee its continuity through the preservation of memory and memories in its fight against oblivion.