Senses of Place: Senses of Time

G.J Ashworth is Professor at the Faculty of Spatial Science, University of Groningen, The Netherlands. Brian Graham is Professor at the School of Environmental Sciences, University of Ulster, UK.

Contents: Introduction: Senses of place, senses of time and heritage. Creating Senses Of Place From Senses Of Time: Introduction to theme one, G.J. Ashworth and Brian Graham; Making places: a story of De Venen, Paulus P.P. Huigen and Louise Meijering; Commodification of regional identities: the 'selling' of Waterland, Carola Simon; 'That quintessential repository of collective memory': identity, locality and the townland in Northern Ireland, Bryonie Reid; Mapping meanings in the cultural landscape, Yvonne Whelan; Exploring the Irish mumming tradition with GIS, Amanda McMullan. The Public/Official Creation Of Place Identities: Introduction to theme two, G.J. Ashworth and Brian Graham; Irish regimental heritage: representations of identity and war in a climate of change, Kenneth J.S. Miller; A place called Nunavut: building on Inuit past, K.I.M. van Dam; Conflict commemoration amongst Protestants in Northern Ireland, Catherine Switzer; World heritage as a means of marking Mexican identity, Bart van der Aa. Insiders and Outsiders: Introduction to theme three, G.J. Ashworth and Brian Graham; Escaping times and places: an artist community in Germany, Bettina van Hoven, Louise Meijering and Paulus P.P. Huigen; Literature and the constitution of place identity: three examples from Belfast, Jonathan Stainer; Imagining Newfoundlands, G.J. Ashworth; Media production of rural identities, Peter Groote and Tialda Haartsen; The creation of identities by government designation: a case study of the Korreweg district, Groningen, Netherlands, M.J. Kuipers. Conclusions: The next questions, G.J. Ashworth and Brian Graham; Index.