Brixton
Landscape of a Riot
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9360720 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Louise Purbrick (0000-0001-8603-6810, corresponding author), J Schofield (0000-0001-6903-7395, University of York) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-20 |
| Publication date | 2009-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Landscapes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1466-2035 • E-ISSN: 2040-8153 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/lan.2009.10.1.1 |
| OpenAlex | W2014807969 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 4 |
Brixton, in the south-east London Borough of Lambeth, has a population of over a quarter of million of which, according to the Government Office for London, 38 per cent are members of 'Black and Minority Ethnic (BME)' communities. Parts of Brixton are among the 'most deprived areas' in the UK. Indeed, Brixton is renowned for its cultural mix of diversity and deprivation. Lambeth Borough Council declares that Brixton 'attracts more than its fair share of media attention partly because of its reputation for vibrant, multicultural and diverse communities, but also because of the challenging social issues experienced by the people who live, work and play here.' Official celebrations of Brixton's diversity are relatively recent. Conflict rather than culture dominated Brixton's image in the early 1980s when battles between its youth and the Metropolitan Police, in particular the riots of 10–12 April 1981, became a defining event and image of the Thatcher era. But what remains of these recent events in the contemporary landscape, and what should we now make of their traces? Here an archaeological perspective is presented in the form of a photo-essay accompanied by extracts of two different documentary sources: The Scarman Report and Linton Kwesi Johnson's poem Di Great Insohreckshan. Together, image and text comprise an unconventional and contemporary landscape archaeology, challenging the very notions of landscape and of archaeological trace. We present the photo-essay here, in Landscapes, both to challenge conventional modes of representation, and to suggest new ways of documenting, presenting and thinking about landscape
Geography · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · Landscape and Cultural Studies
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2023 (12) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |