{"product_id":"the-great-reimagining-public-art-urban-space-and-the-symbolic-landscapes-of-a-new-northern-ireland-9781782386216","title":"The Great Reimagining: Public Art, Urban Space,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tWhile 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 the wider politics of a transforming public sphere in an age of globalization and transnational connectivity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“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 \u003c\/em\u003eThe Great Reimagining\u003cem\u003e 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 provide.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is a timely, relevant and thorough examination of how urban space is constructed and contested in ‘post-conflict’ Northern Ireland. Hocking shows through deft engagement with ethnographic and documentary material how post-Good Friday Agreement policy has been dominated by attempts to create spaces that are amenable to tourists and capital, but also the limits of such initiatives in a context where ethno-national division remains a salient feature of everyday life for many.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Peter Geoghegan\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Edinburgh\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Abbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Landscapes of Change in the Transitional City\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1. \u003c\/strong\u003eA Place Apart? Sectarian Geographies, Shared Space and the Material Production of a ‘New’ Northern Ireland\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2. \u003c\/strong\u003eFrom ‘Gunland’ to Globalization: The ‘Space of Flows’ Meets Place in a City ‘on the \u003cem\u003eRise\u003c\/em\u003e’\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e3. \u003c\/strong\u003eNeutral Space is Shopping Space. Or is it? The Choreography of Consumption in Belfast City Centre\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e4. \u003c\/strong\u003eBeautiful Barriers: Contesting the Symbolic Reimaging of Community along a Belfast Peace Line\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e5. \u003c\/strong\u003eTransforming the Stone: Recasting Derry’s Diamond War Memorial for the Demands of a Shared Future\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eArt on the Frontlines: \u003cem\u003eCivil\u003c\/em\u003eising Derry’s Ebrington Military Barracks for a ‘City of Culture’\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe City as Civic Identikit? Twenty-first Century Public(s) on the Transnational Urban Stage Set\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eAppendix\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042220015959,"sku":"9781782386216","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781782386216.jpg?v=1750953498","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-great-reimagining-public-art-urban-space-and-the-symbolic-landscapes-of-a-new-northern-ireland-9781782386216","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}