Nations on a map are made up of apparently discrete, timeless spatial portioning of territory. However borders are anything but static containers and materialize in fact in a variety of forms and affect distinct social groups.
But what are sound domains and markers for a national identity?
Can identity be comprised by:
A self-construction? A categorization by others?
A condition? A status? A label?
A conglomeration of memories? A tool of power?
Can identity be comprised by:
A self-construction? A categorization by others?
A condition? A status? A label?
A conglomeration of memories? A tool of power?
This research aims to probe for internal and external perceptions of Jersey’s citizens concerning cultural characteristics and retrace their links to spatial components. Both of these aspects ultimately are encompassed by historical, political and cultural contexts.
The mapping of social-cultural island landscape and contemporary fabrication of national meanings aims to create a palimpsest outlook on collective meaning assigning in a community and hence foster an understanding of layers of values and open up recommendations for implementations on a multinational level.
Especially angles on the proliferation of dual identities due to migrations fluxes are of interest.
Especially angles on the proliferation of dual identities due to migrations fluxes are of interest.
Thus layers induced symbolize virtual and cognitive constructions of individual interweaving of personal memory and socially ankered systems of values.
