The city as a narrator Authors Alexei Buinov National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering Nadezhda Konyukhova National Research Moscow State University of Civil Engineering Konstantin Lidin https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7022-6871 Downloads PDF DOI: https://doi.org/10.51461/issn.2309-3072/84.2550 Keywords: architecture, urbanism, signs and symbols, simulacra, Suzdal, Vitebsk Abstract The role of signs and symbols in the development of cities is considered within the framework of urban philosophy. It is shown that in many cases the flow of signs degenerates into a flow of empty signs, simulacra, which causes significant damage to the city. The alternative is to organise a flow of emotionally loaded signs. In this case, the city acts as a storyteller (narrator). The article gives the examples of cities successfully developing as narrator cities. How to Cite Buinov, A., Konyukhova, N., & Lidin, K. (2025). The city as a narrator. Project Baikal, 22(84), 69–73. https://doi.org/10.51461/issn.2309-3072/84.2550 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Published 2025-07-18 Issue No. 84 (2025): flows Section refereed articles License This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. References Abakumova, M. (2020, October 2). Portaly v proshloe: Na kakie dengi zhivut goroda-muzei [Portals to the past: On what money museum cities live]. Forbes. Retrieved May 12, 2025, from https://www.forbes.ru/obshchestvo/410259-portaly-v-proshloe-na-kakie-dengi-zhivut-goroda-muzei Adam, Ph. (2005). Le syndrome de Paris. Paris: INVENTAIRE. Akulich, M. (2020). Idish i idishskaya kultura v Belarusi [Yiddish and Yiddish culture in Belarus]. Minsk: Ridero. Baudrillard, J. (2015). Simulacra and simulation (A. Kachalov, Trans.). Moscow: Postum. Bourdieu, P. (2001). Practical sense. St. Petersburg: Aleteia; Moscow: Institute of Experimental Sociology. Harari, Yu. N. (2019). Nomo Deus: a brief history of the future. Moscow: Sindbad. Ionina, N. A. (2012). Suzdal: history, legends, legends. Moscow: Veche. Jensen, R. (2008). The dream society: How the coming shift from information to imagination will transform your business. Moscow: Mann, Ivanov and Ferber. Lidin, K., & Buynov, A. (2025). The past and future of urban philosophy. Project Baikal, 22(83), 74-79. https://doi.org/10.51461/issn.2309-3072/83.2484 Podlipsky, A. M. (2004-2012). Evrei v Vitebske [Jews in Vitebsk].Vitebsk: Vitebsk Regional Printing House. Travel & Tourism Economic Impact 2024: Global Trends. (2024). London: World Travel & Tourism Council. World Tourism Barometer, 23(1). (2025). Madrid: UN Tourism.