The Role of Social Myth in the Formation of a Cognitive Map of the Urban Space Atmosphere
The aim of the study is to trace the influence of the social myth as an existential reality on the formation of the atmosphere of the urban space. The research objectives are to expand the understanding of the social myth, examining it outside the vivid ideological concepts, in an everyday life-style; to determine the properties and functions of a social myth, based on its sacred prototype; to identify the mechanisms of the myth; to consider the influence of social myth as a collective existential phenomenon on the atmosphere of urban space. The hypothesis of the research is to consider the phenomenon of social myth from the standpoint of the everyday reality of being and the assumption that the archetypes contained in it have a formative influence on the atmosphere of space. The results of the research are: consideration of the role of social myth as a way of archiving the “special everyday” responsible for the character of the atmosphere of the urban space; a study of the properties and mechanisms of manifestation of “social myth” in the components of the cognitive map of the atmosphere of urban space. The results of the study enable to identify the directions and tools of the phenomenological approach to working with the urban environment.