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Record Nr.

UNINA9910737280103321

Titolo

Diversity of belonging in Europe : public spaces, contested places, cultural encounters / / edited by Susannah Eckersley, Claske Vos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

1-00-319169-X

1-003-19169-X

1-000-83016-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 pages)

Collana

Critical heritages of Europe

Disciplina

305

Soggetti

Group identity

Group identity - Europe

Europe

public space

museum

cultural heritage

cultural identity

social behaviour

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Redefining and negotiating public spaces of belonging -- Encountering contested belongings in public places.

Sommario/riassunto

"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"-- Provided by publisher.