Cartographies of Differences

Ulrike M. Vieten is a Queen’s Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Conflict Transformation and Social Justice at Queen’s University Belfast. Her research deals with the (de-)construction of racialized, classed and gendered boundaries in the context of cosmopolitanism, nationalism and citizenship and currently focuses on right-wing populism in Europe and beyond. Her publications include Gender and Cosmopolitanism in Europe: A Feminist Perspective (2012) and Revisiting Iris Marion Young on Normalisation, Inclusion and Democracy (2014).Gill Valentine is Professor of Geography at the University of Sheffield. Her research focuses on social identities and exclusion; childhood, parenting and family life; and cultures of consumption. She has published widely and was one of the founding editors of the journal Social and Cultural Geography. Her research has been recognized by the award of a Philip Leverhulme Prize and the Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers Memorial Award.

• Contents: Ulrike M. Vieten/Gill Valentine: Counter-Mappings: Cartography and Difference – Aneta Piekut/Gill Valentine: Unpacking Prejudice: Narratives of Homophobia in Cross-National Context – Davina Cooper/Didi Herman: When Beliefs Become Property: Liberal Legal Discourse, Employee Resistance and Anti-Gay Christian Politics – Rosemary Peacock/Anita Sargeant/Neil Small: Facial Difference, Consumer Culture and Being ‘Normal’ – Nichola Wood: National Belonging in Cosmopolitan Times – Ulrike M. Vieten: Notions of Conflict and ‘New’ Citizens’ Inclusion: Post-Cosmopolitan Contestations in Germany – Piotr Goldstein: Everyday Active Citizenship the Balkan Way: Local Civil Society and the Practice of ‘Bridge Building’ in Two Post-Yugoslav Cities – Naomi Wells: The Territorial Principle: Language Rights and Linguistic Minorities in Spain and Italy, 1992-2010 – Rosa Mas Giralt: Conducting Qualitative Research in English and Spanish: Recognising the Active Roles of Participants in Cross-Linguistic and Cross-Cultural Projects – Ulrike M. Vieten/Anna Gawlewicz: Visible Difference, Stigmatising Language(s) and the Discursive Construction of Prejudices Against Others in Leeds and Warsaw.

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