Urban Culture and Urban Cultural Space

Abstract

The twenty-first century is considered the urban century. As a matter of fact, cities play an important role in history in general and in cultural history in particular. As a special organizational form of spaces, cities performing the functions of those spaces have become administrative, political, cultural or economic centers. Urban people with urban culture and civilization attached to these centers, on the one hand, is the product of urban life, on the other hand, is the cause of the unique urban appearance. The concept of cultural space is an extension of H. Lefebvre’s concept of social space. In a broad sense, cultural space is considered as one of the modes of cultural development, including institutions for cultural activity and creation, socio-cultural networks, and cultural services, etc. Today, when it comes to cultural spaces, people often pay more attention to specific cultural spaces that are designed and created by particular actors with defined economic and social goals.