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A peace of bricks and mortar: thinking ceasefire landscapes with Gramsci

Demetriou, Olga; Erdal Ilican, Murat

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Murat Erdal Ilican



Abstract

This article addresses the ways in which Nicosia has been affected by division due to the ethno-political conflict and the gentrification efforts that have attended attempts to reunite the city. It examines two spaces of civic action in particular that have involved reconstruction and rehabilitation of two areas in the capital’s UN-controlled Buffer Zone: one by a peace and reconciliation initiative and another by the local variant of the global Occupy movement. In doing so, it addresses the question of how conflict politics becomes imbricated in the politics of urban development. The article examines the role of organic intellectuals in the making of war heritage and the transformation of post-conflict landscapes amid processes of gentrification. In the cases we are examining, we want to trace the processes of creating landscapes that memorialise not only ethnic conflict but the multiple political conflicts that unfold in time and space.

Citation

Demetriou, O., & Erdal Ilican, M. (2019). A peace of bricks and mortar: thinking ceasefire landscapes with Gramsci. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 25(9), 897-913. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2017.1413673

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 25, 2017
Online Publication Date Jan 16, 2018
Publication Date 2019
Deposit Date Sep 11, 2018
Publicly Available Date Jul 16, 2019
Journal International Journal of Heritage Studies
Print ISSN 1352-7258
Electronic ISSN 1470-3610
Publisher Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 25
Issue 9
Pages 897-913
DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2017.1413673

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