In this ethnography of an ephemeral public art installation in Derry-Londonderry Northern
Ireland, we examine a festivalscape ritual that leads to personal and social transformation …

Cities play a pivotal role in progressing cultural tourism, embracing everyday life, where
particular cityscapes afford a diversity of cultural practices. The ethnographic storying of two …

We explore the relationship between placeways and public art in the case of ephemeral
architecture entitled “Temple,” installed in Northern Ireland in 2015. Synthesizing our own …

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Purpose The actual uses to which public art is put have been virtually ignored, leaving
multifarious dynamics related to its esthetic encounters unexplored. Both audience agency …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to begin unfurling the cultural value of street art
experiences by opening up an audience-centred research stream sensitive to the nuances …

This chapter further considers the role of collective memory in the construction and
reproduction of senses of belonging and identity specifically within loyalists and republican …

Despite considerable interest in Northern Ireland and its tradition of muralism, the relational
dynamics to its host communities have yet to garner serious scholarly attention. This …

The interdisciplinary fields of Memory Studies and Transitional Justice have largely
developed in parallel to one another despite both focusing on efforts of societies to confront …

Of all the different reactions to difference two distinct possibilities emerge like forking paths
after encountering the unknown. The first is fascination, stimulating curiosity and a catalyst …