{"product_id":"9781032042381-diversity-of-belonging-in-europe","title":"Diversity of Belonging in Europe","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublic Spaces, Contested Places, Cultural Encounters. \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDiversity of Belonging in Europe\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e. \u003cp\u003eDiversity of Belonging in Europe analyzes conflicting notions of identity and\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ebelonging in contemporary Europe. Addressing the creation, negotiation, and (re)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003euse of diverse spaces and places of belonging, the book examines their fascinating\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ecomplexities in the context of a changing Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTaking an innovative interdisciplinary approach, the volume examines\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003erenegotiations of belonging played out through cultural encounters with difference\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eand change, in diverse public spaces and contested places. Highlighting the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003einterconnections between social change and culture, heritage, and memory, the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003echapters analyze multilayered public spaces and the negotiations over culture and\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ebelonging that are connected to them. Through analyses of diverse case studies, the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eeditors and authors draw out the significance of the participation or exclusion of\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ediffering community, grassroots, and activist groups in such practices and discourses\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eof belonging in relation to the contemporary emergence of identity conflicts and\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003epolitical uses of the past across Europe. They analyze the ways in which people’s\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003esense of belonging is connected to cultural, heritage, and memory practices\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eundertaken in different public spaces, including museums, cultural and community\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ecentres, city monuments and built heritage, neglected urban spaces, and online fora.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDiversity of Belonging in Europe provides a valuable contribution to the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eexisting bodies of work on identities, migration, public space, memory, and\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eheritage. The book will be of interest to scholars and students with an interest in\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003econtested belonging, public spaces, and the role of culture and heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSusannah Eckersley is Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University, UK, an\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAssociated Research Fellow at the Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e(ZZF) in Potsdam, Germany, and the Project Leader of \u003ci\u003een\/counter\/points \u003c\/i\u003e– a\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ecollaborative European research project on public spaces and belonging funded\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eby HERA. Her expertise is in memory, museums, difficult heritage, migration,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eidentities, and belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eClaske Vos is an anthropologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEuropean Studies at the Humanities Faculty of the University of Amsterdam, the\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNetherlands. Her current work focuses on the intersection of EU funding, cultural\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eactivism, and enlargement. Her expertise is in European cultural policy, cultural\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eheritage, Southeast Europe, and European identity formation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40738198159457,"sku":"9781032042381","price":160.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/products\/feef4feba40beefd70494ad1844ef167.png?v=1677757616","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781032042381-diversity-of-belonging-in-europe","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}