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The Post-Soviet City as a Communal Apartment: Spatialized Belonging in Ulan-Ude.
- Source :
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Nationalities Papers . Sep2022, Vol. 50 Issue 5, p1022-1036. 15p. - Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- This article explores diversity, belonging and representation in the city of Ulan-Ude, Buryatia (Russian Federation). In particular, it looks at their discourses and practices as they take spatial forms in the fast-changing post-Soviet urban environment. Through case studies of two central locations in the city – a statue of Lenin and a Buddhist prayer wheel – the article reveals recent tendencies of "indigenization" (Szmyt 2014) in Ulan-Ude's material and discoursive space, exploring them as instances that would suggest an image of a "contested city" (Low 1996). However, this article aims at complicating the latter concept, demonstrating that seeming contestations should be read in their particular context, taking into consideration local ideas and practices of accommodating diversity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *CULTURAL pluralism
*SOCIAL belonging
*REPRESENTATION (Philosophy)
*COSMOPOLITANISM
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00905992
- Volume :
- 50
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Nationalities Papers
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 158935701
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/nps.2021.28