Contested Heritage: An Analysis of the Physical Transformation of Derry/Londonderry’s Siege Monument

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The City (Re)shaped: Exploring the Nexus Between Politics, Memory and Urbanism in the Built Environment

“…In addition, the global and local implications of many contemporary struggles, as in the Middle East and Europe, and the persistence of poverty and insecurity across many conflicts affected underdeveloped countries (Selim, 2016). We observed a significant change in the political landscape in different parts of the world.…”

“…Scholars argue that the public realm has been co-opted by neo-liberal political and economic forces, resulting in a sense of hopelessness that limits our ability to imagine anything else. In addition, neoliberal policies promote commercial interests which subsequently drives inequality and determines what can and cannot be accessed by the public (Selim, 2015; Selim et al , 2017). Hence, what we currently have in our neoliberal cities are in fact “pseudo” public spaces governed by neoliberal practices of public institutions whose policies regulate and control “public” space Hoskyns (2014).…”

Recent Discourse and the Promise for Global Networks on Architecture and Urbanism

“…A series of papers introduced various aspects of heritage conservation, representation, and modelling which included the work of Ramsey (2017) on virtual Wolverhampton; Gehan Selim on contested heritage in Northern Ireland (Selim et al, 2017); Mohamed Soliman on the Islamic Water System in Cairo (Soliman, 2017); Khairi Abdulla on Walkability in the historic urban environment in the context of Tripoli, Libya; Aggour on public awareness of heritage conservation in Alexandria, Egypt; Arafa on marketing tools for virtual heritage applications (Arafa, 2017).…”

Contested Heritage or Cancel Culture? The Case of Ivan Meštrović’s Public Sculptures in Chicago

“…Thus, the existing literature has detected some strategies for coping with heritage contestation. Namely, Nauert [22] advocates a constructivist approach to the integration of diverse narratives, Weisse and Ross [23] opt for a participatory approach to contested heritage management, other authors (e.g., [24,25]) see opportunities in using new technologies as a means for diverse interpretations, while Schütz [26] draws attention to the artistic interventions having capacities to mitigate the different narratives.…”

“…A number of recent projects involve new technologies in heritage interpretation since they proved to be not only more adapted to new audiences but also acted as an effective tool in reaching audiences, especially in times of crisis such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic. The use of new technologies is also advocated for contested heritage since "virtual heritage applications emerge as non-physical, neutral and adaptive tools that allows different stories to appear side by side" [24], p. 161. They not only allow diverse interpretations but engage new generations which potentially resonates with them [25].…”