TY - JOUR A1 - Schwarz, Anja T1 - "Parallel Societies" of the Past? - Articulations of citizenship's commemorative dimension in Berlin's cityscape JF - Space and Culture N2 - Historical narratives play an important role in constructing contemporary notions of citizenship. They are sites on which ideas of the nation are not only reaffirmed but also contested and reframed. In contemporary Germany, dominant narratives of the country's modern history habitually focus on the legacy of the Third Reich and tend to marginalize the country's rich and highly complex histories of immigration. The article addresses this commemorative void in relation to Berlin's urban landscape. It explores how the city's multilayered architecture provides locations for the articulation of marginal memoriesand hence sites of urban citizenshipthat are often denied to immigrant communities on a national scale. Through a detailed examination of a small celebration in 1965 that marked the anniversary of the founding of the modern Turkish republic, the article engages with the layers of history that coalesce around such sites in Berlin. KW - Berlin KW - commemorative acts of citizenship KW - migration KW - multidirectional memory Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1177/1206331213487051 SN - 1206-3312 VL - 16 IS - 3 SP - 261 EP - 273 PB - Sage Publ. CY - Thousand Oaks ER -