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“Parallel Societies” of the past?

  • 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 memories—and hence sites of urban citizenship—that 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.

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Author details:Anja SchwarzORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-403655
Subtitle (English):articulations of citizenship’s commemorative dimension in Berlin’s cityscape
Publication series (Volume number):Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe (375)
Publication type:Postprint
Language:English
Date of first publication:2018/02/14
Publication year:2018
Publishing institution:Universität Potsdam
Release date:2018/02/14
Tag:Berlin; commemorative acts of citizenship; migration; multidirectional memory
Number of pages:13
Source:Space and Culture 16 (2013) Nr. 3, S. 261-273. - DOI: 10.1177/1206331213487051
DDC classification:3 Sozialwissenschaften / 30 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie / 300 Sozialwissenschaften
Peer review:Referiert
Publishing method:Open Access
Grantor:Sage
License (German):License LogoKeine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz
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