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Re:membering Europe – the empty pedestal and the space for Black belonging.
- Source :
- Atlantic Studies; Dec2023, Vol. 20 Issue 4, p485-507, 23p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Following the removal of various monuments commemorating colonial figures, this paper introduces the Empty Plinth as epitomizing postcolonial Europe's identity crisis. As Europe negotiates new discursive foundations for an increasingly multicultural society, this paper argues for a re-membering of Europe through a materialization of Black narratives in the European memoryscape for their potential to: 1) tackle white ignorance and exclusionary nativism by uncovering Europe's contingency upon other(ed) geographies, 2) contribute to creating/fostering a Black sense of place in European cities, and 3) addressing Europe's identity crisis and lay new conceptual foundations for a hybrid and inclusive "Europe." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- IDENTITY crises (Psychology)
CITIES & towns
PEDESTALS
MONUMENTS
NATIVISM
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14788810
- Volume :
- 20
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Atlantic Studies
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 173689032
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/14788810.2022.2028544