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United In Difficulty: The European Union’S Use Of Shared Problems As A Way To Encourage Unity, Grace Cleary Jan 2012

United In Difficulty: The European Union’S Use Of Shared Problems As A Way To Encourage Unity, Grace Cleary

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Since the European Union's inception, it has invested considerable resources into cultural programs aimed at fostering a sense of shared European heritage. However, these efforts have always been balanced alongside the need to leave space for diversity within and across EU nations. In this paper, which highlights the findings of my MA thesis, I examine the European Capital of Culture (ECC), which I studied in Córdoba, Spain during the spring of 2011. I look at how European identity is being defined in a specific context, and in particular how the contest is refocusing on new forms of shared heritage by …


"No Cops, No Journos, No Anthropologists": Fieldwork Challenges In Occupied Barcelona, Justin Ak Helepololei Jan 2012

"No Cops, No Journos, No Anthropologists": Fieldwork Challenges In Occupied Barcelona, Justin Ak Helepololei

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No abstract provided.


Contemporary Flamenco Between Heritage Tourism And Cultural Identity, Seung Ho Chung Jan 2012

Contemporary Flamenco Between Heritage Tourism And Cultural Identity, Seung Ho Chung

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No abstract provided.


Rewriting The Balkans: Memory, Historiography, And The Making Of A European Citizenry, Dana N. Johnson Jan 2012

Rewriting The Balkans: Memory, Historiography, And The Making Of A European Citizenry, Dana N. Johnson

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This research explored the work of historians, history teachers, and NGO employees engaged in regional initiatives to mitigate the influence of enduring ethnocentric national histories in the Balkans. In conducting an ethnography of the development and dissemination of such initiatives in Serbia, I queried how “multiperspectivity” is understood as a pedagogical approach and a tool of reconciliation, how conflict and controversy are negotiated in developing alternative educational materials, and how the interests of civil society intersect with those of the state and supranational actors. My research sought to interrogate the field of power in which such attempts to innovate history …


Mobility And Language In Place: A Linguistic Landscape Of Language Commodification, Christa Burdick Jan 2012

Mobility And Language In Place: A Linguistic Landscape Of Language Commodification, Christa Burdick

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From Artifact To Narrative: Viewing The Cypriot Past In The Cypriot Present, Jill Bierly Jan 2012

From Artifact To Narrative: Viewing The Cypriot Past In The Cypriot Present, Jill Bierly

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No abstract provided.