An anthropological reading of the urban space in the Algerian city the cultural imagination within the rural-urban dichotomy

Abstract

This paper addresses the issue of the Algerian city as an urban space occupied by a society that lives a fantasy fraught with rural and urban culture, according to the current contexts, We used an ethnographic approach using two tools direct observation and free-form interview, as the urban space in Algeria has expanded at the expense of the spaces surrounding the old cities, which are steeped in history from the old, dilapidated architecture that still struggles with the elements of history, such as kasbahs and palaces, to the colonial heritage that adheres to the buildings that are associated with successive rural migrations from the aftermath of colonization to the 1990s The urban space in Algeria has expanded at the expense of the spaces surrounding the old cities, which are still struggling with the elements of history, such as kasbahs and palaces, to the colonial heritage that adheres to the buildings that are associated with successive rural migrations from the aftermath of colonisation to the 1990s, which also witnessed a significant influx of population towards the countryside, which made some researchers and academics describe the phenomenon as a process of urbanization of the city .