The great reimagining : public art, urban space and the symbolic landscapes of a 'new' Northern Ireland /

Hocking, Bree T.

The great reimagining : public art, urban space and the symbolic landscapes of a 'new' Northern Ireland / Bree T. Hocking. - New York : Berghahn, ©2015. - 1 online resource (xi, 232 pages) : illustrations - Material mediations ; vol. 4 . - Material mediations ; v. 4. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction -- Landscapes of Change in the Transitional City; Chapter 1 -- A Place Apart? Sectarian Geographies, Share Space and the Material Production of a 'New' Northern Ireland; Chapter 2 -- From 'Gunland' to Globalization: The 'Space of Flows' Meets Place in a City 'on the Rise'; Chapter 3 -- Neutral Space is Shopping Space. Or is it? The Choreography of Consumption in Belfast City Centre; Chapter 4 -- Beautiful Barriers: Contesting the Symbolic Reimaging of Community along a Belfast Peace Line. Chapter 5 -- Transforming the Stone: Recasting Derry's Diamond War Memorial for the Demands of a Shared FutureChapter 6 -- Art on the Frontlines: Civilizing Derry's Ebrington Military Barracks for a 'City of Culture'; Conclusion -- The City as Civic Identikit? Twenty-first Century Public(s) on the Transnational Urban Stage Set; Appendix: Interview Profiles; Bibliography; Index.

While sectarian violence has greatly diminished on the streets of Belfast and Derry, proxy battles over the right to define Northern Ireland's identity through its new symbolic landscapes continue. Offering a detailed ethnographic account of Northern Ireland's post-conflict visual transformation, this book examines the official effort to produce new civic images against a backdrop of ongoing political and social struggle. Interviews with politicians, policymakers, community leaders, cultural workers, and residents shed light on the deeply contested nature of seemingly harmonized urban landsca.

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2000-2099


City planning--Northern Ireland.
Urban landscape architecture--Northern Ireland.
Social conflict--Northern Ireland.
Paysage urbain--Irlande du Nord.
POLITICAL SCIENCE--Public Policy--Regional Planning.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
City planning.
Social conditions.
Social conflict.
Urban landscape architecture.


Northern Ireland--Social conditions--21st century.
Irlande du Nord--Conditions sociales--21e siècle.
Northern Ireland.


Electronic books.
Electronic books.

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