Belonging

Eckersley, S

doi:10.5040/9781350474857

Belonging

Lookup NU author(s): Professor Susannah Eckersley ORCiD

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Abstract

This chapter will examine belonging in the context of authenticity, highlighting different dimensions of belonging, relating to different disciplinary approaches to the theme, and their significance within the context of historical and contemporary research, as well as in relation to important questions of social, cultural, historical, and political inclusion and exclusion. The chapter will provide a critique of these, while also drawing out the value of integrating multi-layered approaches with interdisciplinary analyses for future research on belonging in relation to ongoing issues of historical authenticity. Furthermore, it offers a new approach to understanding belonging in a more nuanced way by identifying and differentiating between social, spatial and temporal dimensions of belonging.