Looking Forward, Looking Back

Collective Memory and Neighborhood Identity in Two Urban Parks

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2049367
AutoresAptekar (0000-0002-3823-2902, University of Massachusetts, autor de correspondencia), Sofya Aptekar
Año2017
Volumen40
Número1
Páginas101-121
Fecha de publicación2017-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSymbolic Interaction (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0195-6086 • E-ISSN: 1533-8665
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/symb.271
OpenAlexW2575337647
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11
Referencias citadas45

Collective memory and narratives of local history shape the ways people imagine a neighborhood's present situation and future development, processes that reflect tensions related to identity and struggles over resources. Using an urban culturalist lens and a focus on collective representations of place, I compare two nearby New York parks to uncover why, despite many similarities, they support different patterns of meaning making and use. Drawing on ethnographic observation, interviews, and secondary analysis, I show that multi-vocal and fragmented contexts of collective memory help explain the uneven nature of gentrification processes, with one park serving as its cultural fulcrum while the other is left at the sidelines

Aesthetics · Art · Collective identity · Collective memory · Epistemology · Ethnography · Gentrification · Linguistics · Meaning-making · Media studies · Narrative · Political science · Sociology · Anthropology · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Gender Studies · Law · Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies