Repercussions of differential deindustrialization in the City: Memory and identity in contemporary East Belfast

Laura McAtackney

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    Abstract

    Laura McAtackney focuses on the negative impacts of urban deindustrialization processes specific to the historically conflicted city of Belfast. Belfast and other cities in Northern Ireland continue to be determined in how they are understood and engaged with by legacy issues from 'the Troubles, a period of sectarian conflict spanning from the late 1960s to the signing of the Belfast Agreement in 1998. Many of the period’s tensions have subsided from actual violence but have remained unresolved among present-day local communities, particularly in community heritage discourses and governmental policies. McAtackney considers how these legacies of the past affect Belfast’s contemporary urban landscape and community identities through examples of civic memorialization practices (e.g., murals, sculptures) and other material interventions (e.g., walls, graffiti, memorials) in the historically-loyalist and industrial area of East Belfast.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationContemporary Archaeology and the City : Creativity, ruination, and political action
    EditorsLaura McAtackney , Krysta Ryzewski
    Number of pages20
    Place of publicationOxford
    PublisherOxford University Press
    Publication dateJul 2017
    Pages190-210
    Chapter9
    ISBN (Print)978-0198803607
    Publication statusPublished - Jul 2017

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