Re-membering places and the performance of belonging(s)

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Issues discussed concern the construction of identity and belonging among the Italian immigrant culture in London, England. Topics addressed include cultural practices that define spacial and identity boundaries, the relationship of gender to ethnicity, and the naturalizing effects of these social constructions on the position of men and women.

Psychological aspects, Social aspects, Group identity, Social identity, Critical Essay, Emigration and immigration, Ethnicity, Italians, Postmodernism, Italians in United Kingdom

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Configuring reception: (Dis-)regarding the 'spectator' in museums and galleries

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The conduct and interaction of visitors to museums and galleries and the way in which they examine and experience objects and artifacts in collaboration with each other is described. The discussion is based on the analysis of audio-visual recordings gathered in museums and galleries both in the U.K. and abroad.

United States, Analysis, Art criticism

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Driving places: Marc Auge, non-places, and the geographies of England's M1 motorway

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A critical account of the placing of England's MI motorway is provided. Marc Auge's anthropological writings on non-places are critiqued in the start, which has provided a common point of reference for academics discussing spaces of travel, consumption and exchange in the contemporary world.

Evaluation, Automobile driving, Motor vehicle driving, Freeways, Highways, Anthropological research

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