HYBRIDITY AND INHABITED SPACE APPROPRIATION IN THE HISTORIC CENTRE OF CONSTANTINE

Abstract

Throughout history, humanity has been neglecting the social effects of globalisation on their culture and identity. Humans have a sense of belongingness to space with which they are interacting. The intangible assets and movable elements weave with the space and those occupying it a strong bond. Though these spaces are valued by being occupied, their regeneration/re-appropriation is a hidden face of urban resilience. For a long time, experts have been debating the issue of saving the world’s heritage, which is always subject to the challenge of mutations. Consequently, a concept borrowed from Botany is frequently used in all disciplines: hybridisation. Hybridisation refers to a new way of thinking, acting, and perceiving the cities by considering their resilient side. This study aims to analyse the effects of adopting this notion of ''hybridity'' in the appropriation of inhabited space in terms of urban well-being in the historical centre of Constantine.