Ethnographies of Movement, Sociality and Space: Place-Making in the New Northern Ireland: 8 (Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement, 8)

by Milena Komarova (Editor), Maruška Svašek (Editor)

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  Hardcover
  2018

  $157.64

  Exploring the complex dynamics of twenty-first century spatial sociality, this volume provides a much-needed multi-dimensional perspective that undermines the dominant image of Northern Ireland as a conflict-ridden place. Despite touching on memories of `The Troubles' and continuing Unionist-Nationalist tensions, the volume refuses to consider its residents as purely political beings, or to understand processes of placemaking solely through ethnic or national contestations and territoriality. Topics such as the significance of friendship, gender, and popular culture in spatial practices are considered, against the backdrop of the growing presence of migrants, refugees and diasporic groups in the country.