Introduction: Landscapes of Change in the Transitional City

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Figures vii
4. Acknowledgements ix
5. Abbreviations x
6. Introduction: Landscapes of Change in the Transitional City 1
7. 1 A Place Apart? Sectarian Geographies, Shared Space and the Material Production of a ‘New’ Northern Ireland 22
8. 2 From ‘Gunland’ to Globalization The ‘Space of Flows’ Meets Place in a City ‘on the RISE’ 43
9. 3 Neutral Space is Shopping Space. Or is it? The Choreography of Consumption in Belfast City Centre 68
10. 4 Beautiful Barriers: Contesting the Symbolic Reimaging of Community along a Belfast Peace Line 92
11. 5 Transforming the Stone Recasting Derry’s Diamond War Memorial for the Demands of a Shared Future 118
12. 6 Art on the Frontlines Civilizing Derry’s Ebrington Military Barracks for a ‘City of Culture’ 142
13. Conclusion: The City as Civic Identikit? Twenty-first Century Public(s) on the Transnational Urban Stage Set 169
14. Appendix. Interview Profiles 194
15. Bibliography 195
16. Index 225