scholarly journals The Scopic Feast of Heritage and the Invention of Unthreatening Diversity in Neoliberal Cities

Heritage ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 1660-1680
Author(s):  
Feras Hammami
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Political Interest ◽  
The Political ◽  
Historical Records ◽  
The Past

This article explores the role that heritage might play in the representation of ‘difference’, within the context of neoliberal cities. The case is a large-scale urban change in the former working-class neighborhood of Gamlestaden, Sweden. Interviews and on-site observations revealed how authorized heritage practices can enable the celebration of particular social and cultural values, while naturalizing the erasure of others. People’s cultural diversity, and diverging interpretations of the past, have been guided by the power of heritage into a process of subjectification, according to which only ‘unthreatening’ forms of cultural diversity were celebrated and revealed legitimate. The ‘fetishized’ difference and particular historical records have served to conceal the political interest at stake in its’ production and maintenance, and led to a politicised representation of cultural diversity through what Annie Coombes’ terms ‘scopic feast’. All this was made possible through BID, the first neoliberal business improvement district model in Sweden, and its investment in a deeply rooted process of heritageisation. Uncritical engagement with difference in the context of heritage management and neoliberal urban development, make it appear almost natural to erase the cultural values that fall outside the authorized narrative of value.

scholarly journals The Perishable Past - On the Advantage and Disadvantage of Archaeology for Life

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-202
Author(s):  
Jes Wienberg
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Heritage Management ◽  
Social Anthropology ◽  
Cultural Heritage Management ◽  
The Past ◽  
Medieval Church ◽  
Point Of Departure

The aim of the article is to make clear whether and in that case why archaeology is important. Often this is seen as a self-evident fact which needs no motivation. My point of departure is a concrete example, namely, the medieval church of Mårup in Denmark which will soon fall into the sea: Why is it so crucial to save or document this church and many other traces of the past? Isn't the so-called cultural heritage condemned to destruction and oblivion? Rhetorical catchwords, cultural values, justifications and explanations within cultural heritage management, archaeology, history and social anthropology are presented and critically discussed together with indirect motivations borrowed from the literature about the abuse of the past.

The urban historian and the political will

Urban History ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 5-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. G. Checkland
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
Urban History ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Will ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Research And Policy ◽  
General Perspective

At the Leicester urban history conference in 1966 there was very little discussion of the relationship between public policy and urban history. There were some points at which linkages were implied, but these arose merely incidentally. There was no attempt to adopt public policy as a general perspective on urban development. Reciprocally, the planners paid no attention to the historians: Jim Dyos remarked that the largest part of ‘research and policy making is taking place without reference to the historians’. The picture has not greatly changed over the past 14 years. There have indeed been studies in which policy, its formation and limitations, have been implicit, but few in which they have played a central part.

Radicalism in the Argentine Catholic Church

1975 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
John T. Deiner
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Catholic Church ◽  
Third World ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Past ◽  
Visible Effect ◽  
The Common ◽  
The Third World ◽  
The Church

ON 11 MAY 1974 FATHER MUGICA, A LEADING SPOKESMAN OF THE Movement of Priests for the Third World (MPTW) and a pro- Peronist, was machine-gunned to death as he left his church in a working-class neighbourhood after celebrating mass. Once again the Catholic Church in Argentina called for peace and understanding as the proper path for Argentines, and the MPTW issued a long statement condemning the use of violence. Nevertheless, the common pleas by the two factions of the Church in Argentina have had little visible effect in stopping the violence through which Argentina is now suffering. In order to understand how the political and doctrinal differences from within the Church in Argentina have influenced in the past and will continue to influence the political developments in Argentina it is first necessary to look at the background of the problem.

Corporate Repertoires of Control and Performances of Power in a Contested Land Deal in Senegal

2021 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 675-703
Author(s):  
Marie Gagné
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
The Political ◽  
Political Environment ◽  
Land Claims ◽  
Host Countries ◽  
The Past

AbstractFarmland investments have attracted numerous entrepreneurs and companies to Africa in the past two decades. However, acquiring, retaining, and exploiting large-scale landholdings is more complicated than it seems. Investors need to persuade governments and populations of their anticipated benefits and limit dissenting voices when they emerge. Focusing on a contested land project in Senegal, Gagné develops the concept of “repertoires of control” to analyze the different performances of power that companies deploy to assert and legitimize their land claims. She argues that to survive, companies must continually adapt these performances to changes in the political environment of their host countries.

Race and Culture

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy L. Brooks
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Middle Class ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Cultural Diversity ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
White Middle Class ◽  
Mainstream Culture ◽  
Race And Culture

The conflicting racial and cultural values that underpin much of the Supreme Court’s decision making in civil rights cases are brought under critical review in this chapter as part of a larger argument regarding cultural diversity made in the next chapter. Thus, this chapter is a bridge between the socio-legal and socio-cultural race problems. In preparation for arguing in the next chapter that cultural diversity rides with a corpse in its cargo—to wit, cultural subordination—this chapter discusses the conflicting racial and cultural crosscurrents of the American middle class and working class. White-middle-class values, more than any other values, shape the American mainstream culture—“It’s the Middle Class, Stupid!”—wherein the problem of cultural subordination lies.

scholarly journals THE ORIGINS OF THE ARABIC TRANSLATION TRADITION

Adam alemi ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 90 (4) ◽  
pp. 163-172
Author(s):  
J. Altayev ◽  
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Z. Imanbayeva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Capital ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Arabic Language ◽  
The Political ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
International Language ◽  
The Past ◽  
Science And Art ◽  
Arab Muslim ◽  
The Rich

The Arab Caliphate was famous for its highly developed book culture and the fact that it turned the Arabic language into the international language of communication, science and art throughout the Arab-Muslim East. During the reign of the Abbasid dynasty, the Arab-Muslim civilization is experiencing the peak of its heyday and power. Under the Abbasids, Baghdad became not only the political, but also the cultural capital of the Caliphate. The famous House of Wisdom opens in Baghdad, where a large-scale translation activity has been carried out for centuries. The Abbasids achieved amazing success because they were able to absorb the rich cultural traditions of the peoples they conquered. At the same time, they pursued their own political goals - the strengthening and development of the Arab Caliphate. The Abbasids were not pioneers in translation, they skillfully used and developed the pre-Islamic developments of the Iranians in this area. It is important to study the reasons why the Arab Caliphate at one time reached historical heights. This is necessary in order for the lessons of the past to serve the good of the present.

Past Bank Erosion as a Guide for Bank Erosion Prediction at Pipeline Crossings

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurent Roberge ◽  
Gerald Ferris ◽  
Hamish Weatherly
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Bank Erosion ◽  
Historical Records ◽  
Preliminary Estimate ◽  
Case Histories ◽  
Channel Pattern ◽  
The Past ◽  
Erosion Prediction ◽  
Future Performance ◽  
Erosion Behaviour

This paper presents a methodology which uses past bank erosion behaviour as a predictor of future performance. The methodology employed in the bank erosion study consists of the following main steps: identifying a reach to examine, classifying the watercourse, estimating key hydrotechnical properties, obtaining historical air photographs of the reach, georeferencing or orthorectifying the airphotos, mapping the position of the channel edge, obtaining the historical records of nearby gauges to estimate the return period of floods that have occurred between successive pairs of historical air photographs, and finally combining the results to provide correlations between the rates of bank erosion and the rarity of the floods that have occurred. More than 70 bank erosion studies have been completed in the past two years at a variety of watercourses. This paper provides three case histories that illustrate the methodology and then proceeds to provide some tentative relationships that could be used to focus future bank erosion studies on those sites most active, and used to provide a preliminary estimate of the amount of bank erosion that could be expected in both design settings and existing pipeline integrity evaluations. In this study wandering rivers are more laterally active than other channel pattern types. Although the smallest floods do not cause large-scale changes to the banks, significant bank erosion can be caused by either moderate (20-year) or extreme (100-year) events with a rough trend to larger bank erosion in larger floods. No significant correlation between the time elapsed between successive air photos and the magnitude of erosion was found, suggesting that bank erosion is an event-driven process rather than time dependent.

On Planning Necropolis

Dying City ◽  
2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Tochterman
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Political Economy ◽  
New York City ◽  
Urban Development ◽  
York City ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
The Political ◽  
Jane Jacobs

This chapter explores the use of fear in the written critiques of postwar redevelopment in New York City. With a special emphasis on the celebrated urban thinker Jane Jacobs, it examines how deploying the image of urban death at the hands of planners effectively slowed large scale redevelopment. However, it also considers the contingencies of that narrative for the discipline of planning itself and the political economy of urban development.

Recognizing Cultural Differences: Key to Successful U.S.-Russian Enterprises

1995 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hale N. Tongren ◽  
Leo Hecht ◽  
Kenneth Kovach
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Values ◽  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
The Political ◽  
Clear Understanding ◽  
Russian People ◽  
Work Habits ◽  
The Many ◽  
Social Upheaval

Despite the political meandering, economic woes and social upheaval, many U.S and western firms believe this is an ideal time to establish themselves in the vast Russian marketplace. Even with hyperinflation and the newly exchanged currency, there is widespread and growing demand demand for American products of all kinds. There are still many hurdles to overcome for large-scale businesses ventures in raw materials and heavy manufacturing. However, importing, wholesaling/distribution, retailing, education and consulting (both business and government) are just a few of the many high-potential opportunities for U.S. firms. But unlike global ventures in countries with established market economies, U.S managers need to have a clear understanding of the wide differences in the cultural makeup of the American and the Russian people. This article contrasts the two sets of cultural values as they affect work habits, ethics, incentives and personal aspirations. Ten suggestions are included to aid U.S. firms in planning their enterprises, in functioning within the Russian system and in dealing with Russian employees.

The Bridge: The Political Possibilities of Intergenerational Verbatim Theater

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (7) ◽  
pp. 833-839
Author(s):  
Tara Goldstein
Keyword(s):  
Working Class ◽  
Additional Research ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Past ◽  
Political Work ◽  
Working Class History

This article introduces the reader to the work of Australian verbatim theater artists Donna Jackson, Bindi Cole Chocka, and James Henry. It describes the artists’ remount of Vicki Reynolds’s verbatim play The Bridge, which tells the story of the collapse of the Melbourne West Gate Bridge in 1970. I discuss the remount of the play as an intergenerational verbatim theater project which not only tells an important story from Australian working-class history to new audiences who haven’t heard it before, but also deepens the story through additional research and music. I also discuss the play as a project that uses political truths from the past to do new political work in the present.

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