Concealed productions of structural violence
A cultural flagship in post-authoritarian Spain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3977382 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kara E Dempsey (0000-0002-4176-6569, Appalachian State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 10 |
| Pages | 1903-1920 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-26 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14649365.2022.2114533 |
| OpenAlex | W4294898169 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 34 |
This article contributes to examinations of structural violence and flagship architectural projects. Neoliberal urbanism contributes to European urban stakeholders’ efforts to increasingly become entrepreneurial forces, generating intense competition investment and tourism. There is a multitude of marketing initiatives, but the inclusion of cultural flagship projects is notably prevalent, particularly after the exemplary success of the Guggenheim Museum that served as a model for the ‘Cidade da Cultura’ (CdC) cultural museum in the Spanish city, Santiago de Compostela. While the claim to promote culture and tourism is a common assertion, this project is highly political in nature. This article demonstrates that the allure of progress via the production of a ‘modern’ urban cultural icon obscured the structural violence of the project. Indeed, flagship architectural projects can be employed as a mechanism of exclusion. I argue that the CdC is best understood by attending to how the project concealed the production of political structural violence (i.e., economic and autocratic governance). In this case, public was excluded at the expense of an elite few CdC stakeholders’ funding priorities to attempt to forge a project for their own benefit
Authoritarianism · Creative City · Creativity · Democracy · Elite · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Tourism · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Law · Urban Planning and Governance
Landscapes of Privilege
In Place/Out of Place
Museums as Urban Catalysts
Neoliberalism and Urban Change
Iconic architecture as a hegemonic project of the transnational capitalist class
Social Polarization in Metropolitan Areas
Beyond Bilbao
Entrepreneurial urbanism
Violence as fetish
Spaces of visibility in the smart city
Re new ing Urban Politics
Competing Claims and Nationalist Narratives
Shifting horizons in local and regional development
Everyday terrorism
Spaces of violence
Less-than-human geographies
Artists, Tourists, and the State
Researching the Geographies of Policy Mobility
The violence of spectacle
Galicia's Hurricane
Neoliberal Urbanism Redux
Santiago Calatrava and the 'Power of Faith
Theorizing the Politicizing City
Comparative Urbanism
Hate-crimes as racial violence
Authenticity, authentication and experiential authenticity
Neoliberal place competition and culturephilia
Domesticating the church
City with or without God? Features of post-secularism in religious landscape of post-communist Prague
Authenticity in tourism and Native Title
La doble condición
The Power of Violence in War and Peace
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |