Abstract This article discusses the iconography of home and the representation of space in Zaanstad, a Dutch city on the northern fringe of the metropolitan region of Amsterdam. Zaanstad is saturated with iconic images of local, regional, and national identity. Linking questions of home and belonging to the politics of symbolic representation, the current article examines home as a multi-sided field of action. Large-scale redevelopments frame home as a regional landscape of belonging, cast in vernacular architecture, and landmark buildings. Grass-roots initiatives to revitalize working-class communities highlight identities based on class and local culture. The empirical case studies locate the politics of urban space in the symbolism that professionals and residents use for “homing” their city. Combining the study of symbolic representation and political discourse on urban space, it is argued, is a way toward framing home as a multi-sided ideological project.

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归巢荷兰城

摘要 本文讨论了位于阿姆斯特丹大都市区北部边缘的荷兰城市赞斯塔德 (Zaanstad) 的家庭意象和空间表现。赞斯塔德充满了地方、区域和国家身份的标志性图像。本文将家的问题与象征性表征的政治联系起来，将家视为一个多方面的行动领域。大规模的重建将住宅构建为具有归属感的区域景观，融入乡土建筑和地标建筑。振兴工人阶级社区的基层倡议突出了基于阶级和当地文化的身份。实证案例研究将城市空间的政治定位于专业人士和居民用来“安家”他们的城市的象征意义中。