Interdisciplinary workshop held on Place and Identity
12 May 2011
Members of the Norms, Identities and Representations Research Cluster held an interdisciplinary workshop on the topic of Place and Identity.
The talks, which ranged from film and literary studies, to politics and anthropology, showcased current or recent research being carried out by members of the cluster.
Key themes included the re-thinking of place-related research methodologies, and the analysis of discourses in politics, literature and film relating to borders and identities in the Mediterranean.
Speakers and topics included:
- Marion Demossier: ‘Does Place Still Matter? Multisited or Global Ethnography?’
- David Galbreath: ‘Minorities, Migrants and Manipulators’
- Axel Goodbody: ‘Heimat in the 21st Century: Has Place-Belonging a Place in Our Globalised World?’
- Adalgisa Giorgio: ‘Becoming Naples and Subjectivities in Transition: A Methodological Approach to Contemporary Narratives on Naples’
- Sobrina Edwards: ‘Back to the Future and Across Civilisational Space: Turkey’s European Journey’
- Renate Rechtien: The Exploration of ‘Roots’ and ‘Routes’ in the Recent Cinema of Fatih Akin
