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We argue that the stories told about the histories and nature of places, are vehicles fornarrating race. Drawing on interviews with professionals and community workers inButetown in Cardiff and Govanhill in Glasgow, we explore how they negotiated – andcontested - racialized histories of place, constructing different versions or claims tobelong. Drawing on Henri Lefebvre’s spatial concepts we explore thisconceptualisation through examination of the two areas which have distinct histories,and present experiences, of migration and racialization. In discussion of the accountsfrom the two distinct areas we show that narratives of the past have a politicalresonance which shape accounts of current experiences of migration. Accounts ofplace are often related in relationship to comparisons with and narratives of otherplaces and to global processes of trade and migration. Whilst these racialisednarratives are contested, they also shape responses to social problems faced bycommunities.
Author(s): Byrne B, Garratt L, Harries B, Smith A
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power
Year: 2023
Volume: 30
Issue: 3
Pages: 373-391
Online publication date: 15/07/2022
Acceptance date: 04/07/2022
Date deposited: 20/07/2022
ISSN (print): 1070-289X
ISSN (electronic): 1547-3384
Publisher: Routledge
URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/1070289X.2022.2099119
DOI: 10.1080/1070289X.2022.2099119
ePrints DOI: 0
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