{"product_id":"diversity-of-belonging-in-europe","title":"Diversity of Belonging in Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003eDiversity of Belonging in Europe analyzes conflicting notions of identity and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebelonging in contemporary Europe. Addressing the creation, negotiation, and (re)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003euse of diverse spaces and places of belonging, the book examines their fascinating\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecomplexities in the context of a changing Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking an innovative interdisciplinary approach, the volume examines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003erenegotiations of belonging played out through cultural encounters with difference\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand change, in diverse public spaces and contested places. Highlighting the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einterconnections between social change and culture, heritage, and memory, the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003echapters analyze multilayered public spaces and the negotiations over culture and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebelonging that are connected to them. Through analyses of diverse case studies, the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeditors and authors draw out the significance of the participation or exclusion of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ediffering community, grassroots, and activist groups in such practices and discourses\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof belonging in relation to the contemporary emergence of identity conflicts and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epolitical uses of the past across Europe. They analyze the ways in which people’s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esense of belonging is connected to cultural, heritage, and memory practices\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eundertaken in different public spaces, including museums, cultural and community\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecentres, city monuments and built heritage, neglected urban spaces, and online fora.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiversity of Belonging in Europe provides a valuable contribution to the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexisting bodies of work on identities, migration, public space, memory, and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eheritage. The book will be of interest to scholars and students with an interest in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econtested belonging, public spaces, and the role of culture and heritage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSusannah Eckersley is Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University, UK, an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAssociated Research Fellow at the Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(ZZF) in Potsdam, Germany, and the Project Leader of \u003ci\u003een\/counter\/points \u003c\/i\u003e– a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecollaborative European research project on public spaces and belonging funded\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby HERA. Her expertise is in memory, museums, difficult heritage, migration,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eidentities, and belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaske Vos is an anthropologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEuropean Studies at the Humanities Faculty of the University of Amsterdam, the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNetherlands. Her current work focuses on the intersection of EU funding, cultural\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eactivism, and enlargement. Her expertise is in European cultural policy, cultural\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eheritage, Southeast Europe, and European identity formation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54238383898968,"sku":"9781032043739","price":49.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781032043739.jpg?v=1777566628","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/diversity-of-belonging-in-europe","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}