Diversity of belonging in Europe : public spaces, contested places, cultural encounters /
Diversity of belonging in Europe : public spaces, contested places, cultural encounters /
Public spaces, contested places, cultural encounters
Susannah Eckersley, Claske Vos.
- pages cm.
- Critical heritages of Europe .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Redefining and negotiating public spaces of belonging -- Encountering contested belongings in public places.
"Diversity of Belonging in Europe analyses conflicting notions of identity and belonging in contemporary Europe. Addressing the creation, negotiation and (re)use of diverse spaces and places of belonging, the book examines their fascinating complexities in the context of a changing Europe. Taking an innovative interdisciplinary approach, the volume examines renegotiations of belonging played out through cultural encounters with difference and change, in diverse public spaces and contested places. Highlighting the interconnections between social change and of culture, heritage and memory, chapters analyse multilayered public spaces and the negotiations over culture and belonging that are connected to them. Through analyses of diverse case studies, the editors and authors draw out the significance of the participation or exclusion of differing community, grassroots and activist groups in such practices and discourses of belonging in relation to the contemporary emergence of identity conflicts and political uses of the past across Europe. They analyse the ways in which people's sense of belonging is connected to cultural, heritage and memory practices undertaken in different public spaces, including museums, cultural and community centres, city monuments and built heritage, neglected urban spaces, and online fora. Diversity of Belonging in Europe provides a valuable contribution to the existing bodies of work on identities, migration, public space, memory and heritage. The book will be of interest to scholars and students with an interest in contested belonging, public spaces and the role of culture and heritage"--
9781032042381 9781032043739
2022042637
Cultural property--Social aspects--Europe.
Group identity--Europe.
Public spaces--Europe.
Multiculturalism--Europe.
Museums--Social aspects--Europe.
D1055 / .D58 2023
363.6094
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Redefining and negotiating public spaces of belonging -- Encountering contested belongings in public places.
"Diversity of Belonging in Europe analyses conflicting notions of identity and belonging in contemporary Europe. Addressing the creation, negotiation and (re)use of diverse spaces and places of belonging, the book examines their fascinating complexities in the context of a changing Europe. Taking an innovative interdisciplinary approach, the volume examines renegotiations of belonging played out through cultural encounters with difference and change, in diverse public spaces and contested places. Highlighting the interconnections between social change and of culture, heritage and memory, chapters analyse multilayered public spaces and the negotiations over culture and belonging that are connected to them. Through analyses of diverse case studies, the editors and authors draw out the significance of the participation or exclusion of differing community, grassroots and activist groups in such practices and discourses of belonging in relation to the contemporary emergence of identity conflicts and political uses of the past across Europe. They analyse the ways in which people's sense of belonging is connected to cultural, heritage and memory practices undertaken in different public spaces, including museums, cultural and community centres, city monuments and built heritage, neglected urban spaces, and online fora. Diversity of Belonging in Europe provides a valuable contribution to the existing bodies of work on identities, migration, public space, memory and heritage. The book will be of interest to scholars and students with an interest in contested belonging, public spaces and the role of culture and heritage"--
9781032042381 9781032043739
2022042637
Cultural property--Social aspects--Europe.
Group identity--Europe.
Public spaces--Europe.
Multiculturalism--Europe.
Museums--Social aspects--Europe.
D1055 / .D58 2023
363.6094