Cardiff and the contentious landscapes of postindustrial, urban, and transnational memory work

IF 1.3 Q2 GEOGRAPHY
M. Rhodes
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Abstract

Since Cardiff became the Welsh capital in 1955 and the subsequent referendum placed the new Welsh Assembly Government in Cardiff Bay, the city’s grasp on a Welsh national narrative has only intensified. This paper approaches the various agents of memory work around the city through a landscape analysis to better understand the processes of Welsh memory at work in Cardiff. Furthermore, it focuses on Butetown, the historically multicultural docklands community of Cardiff, and its relationship with the old urban and civic core of the city and the new developments of Cardiff Bay. Butetown fuelled the coal industry which propelled Cardiff towards the wealthy capital and colonial enclave it is today yet continues to be excluded from Welsh national narratives. Redevelopment and gentrification further squeeze Butetown into an ever-smaller core of what it once was. This research indicates that while this resilient cosmopolitan culture continues in many forms, the context of (the) capital continues to complicate Cardiff and its shifting relationship with the history and culture of Welsh identity. By employing a flexible landscape analysis towards historical and ongoing urban development, the memory at work in cultural and political urban landscapes emerges amongst broader considerations of national identity.
卡迪夫和有争议的景观后工业,城市和跨国记忆工作
自1955年卡迪夫成为威尔士首都,随后的全民公投将新的威尔士议会政府设在卡迪夫湾以来,这座城市对威尔士民族叙事的把握只会加强。本文通过景观分析接近城市周围记忆工作的各种代理人,以更好地了解威尔士记忆在加的夫工作的过程。此外,它还关注了Butetown,这是卡迪夫历史上多元文化的码头区社区,它与城市的旧城市和公民核心以及卡迪夫湾的新发展的关系。但是,小镇推动了煤炭工业的发展,将卡迪夫推向了富裕的首都和今天的殖民飞地,但仍然被排除在威尔士国家叙事之外。再开发和中产阶级化进一步将Butetown挤压成一个比以前更小的核心。这项研究表明,虽然这种有弹性的世界主义文化以多种形式继续存在,但首都的背景继续使卡迪夫及其与威尔士身份的历史和文化之间不断变化的关系复杂化。通过对历史和正在进行的城市发展进行灵活的景观分析,在文化和政治城市景观中起作用的记忆出现在更广泛的民族认同考虑中。
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