COMIC STRIP STORIES AND MEMORIES

Abstract

This article originated from a research-based history of the city through its daily life, as
seen in the city neighborhoods. We believe that it is within the city neighborhoods, the
locus of life and social practices, that residents establish their strongest ties of belonging
to the urban space, predisposing them for safekeeping them. The conservation of building
heritage, a result of decisions which are not always in agreement with the ideals of
the city inhabitants, in our view, is doomed to failure as people only protect that to which
they attribute meaning. Aware of the multiplicity of city inhabitants who relate to different memories, we chose to base our study on personal statements. Among the developments of our research, we present the comic strip called “The airport that became a
neighborhood”, a version of the story of the Airport Sector neighborhood, chosen for our
research. The comic strip is directed toward children and our decision for choosing it is
to our conviction that preservation of our heritage requires the affective support of the population and the attention of the young population is important. Thus, the objective
is to translate the dynamics of memory into the language of the comic strips: the irruption
of images and their present dimension, among other aspects.