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The Great Reimagining: Public Art, Urban Space, and the Symbolic Landscapes of a ´New´ Northern Ireland
Bree T. Hocking
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Description for The Great Reimagining: Public Art, Urban Space, and the Symbolic Landscapes of a ´New´ Northern Ireland
Hardback. 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. Series: Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement. Num Pages: 264 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; AMVD; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
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 landscapes in societies undergoing radical structural change. Here, the public art process serves as a vital means to understanding ... Read more
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 landscapes in societies undergoing radical structural change. Here, the public art process serves as a vital means to understanding ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Series
Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement
Condition
New
Weight
508g
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782386216
SKU
V9781782386216
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About Bree T. Hocking
Bree T. Hocking is an anthropologist and journalist who writes on the intersection of art, spatial politics, and society. A former staff writer for Roll Call, her work has appeared in numerous journals and media outlets including Anthropology Matters and BBC Radio 4. She received a Ph.D. from Queen's University Belfast, and in 2013 was the recipient of an Irmgard ... Read more
Reviews for The Great Reimagining: Public Art, Urban Space, and the Symbolic Landscapes of a ´New´ Northern Ireland
Carefully weaving together social theory and ethnographic actuality, effortlessly shifting gears between grand narratives and the quips and asides of her wide-ranging informants, Hocking's The Great Reimagining acts not only as an excellent addition to academic work on public art, the creative city, and post-conflict resolution, but also as a perfect example of the unrivalled qualities that ethnographic research can ... Read more