Copley, C. (2016) Curating Tempelhof: negotiating the multiple histories of Berlin's ‘symbol of freedom’: Winner of the Dyos Prize 2016. Urban History. ISSN 0963-9268
Abstract
Despite its National Socialist origins, the post-war use of Berlin's Tempelhof Airport has seen it recast as a ‘symbol of freedom’. Since the airport's 2008 closure, the site has been caught between calls for increased engagement with its use under the Third Reich and economic incentives to repackage it as an attractive events location. Through analysing the different strategies through which Tempelhof's past is negotiated, this article will highlight the contested nature of Berlin's relationship with the past and the complex interaction between memory politics and more pragmatic issues.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Cambridge University Press. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Urban History. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of History (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 19 Jan 2017 15:06 |
Last Modified: | 05 May 2020 13:41 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963926816000869 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S0963926816000869 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:110771 |
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