Diversity of Belonging in Europe Public Spaces, Contested Places, Cultural Encounters

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.

About the author

Susannah Eckersley is Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University, UK, an
Associated Research Fellow at the Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History
(ZZF) in Potsdam, Germany, and the Project Leader of en/counter/points - a
collaborative European research project on public spaces and belonging funded
by HERA. Her expertise is in memory, museums, difficult heritage, migration,
identities, and belonging.
Claske Vos is an anthropologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of
European Studies at the Humanities Faculty of the University of Amsterdam, the
Netherlands. Her current work focuses on the intersection of EU funding, cultural
activism, and enlargement. Her expertise is in European cultural policy, cultural
heritage, Southeast Europe, and European identity formation.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Susannah (Newcastle University Eckersley, Susannah Vos Eckersley
• Assisted by: Susannah (Newcastle University Eckersley (Editor), Claske Vos (Editor), Susannah Eckersley (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 01.11.2022
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Humanities, art, music > Art > General, dictionaries
• EAN: 9781032042381
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3204238-1
• Pages: 260
• Series: Critical Heritages of Europe
• Subjects: Europe, Cultural Studies, European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Anthropology, ART / Museum Studies, Social groups, Identity Politics, migration studies, Museology & heritage studies, Museology and heritage studies, Urban Anthropology, Social groups, communities and identities, Cultural Memory Studies, social inclusion research, heritage activism, grassroots participation in European public space