1st Edition

The Politics of Hiding, Invisibility, and Silence Between Absence and Presence

Edited By Rhys Dafydd Jones, James Robinson, Jennifer Turner Copyright 2015
126 Pages
by Routledge

126 Pages
by Routledge

128 Pages
by Routledge

What is absence? What is presence? How are these two phenomena related? Is absence merely not being present? This book examines these and other questions relating to the role of absence and presence in everyday politics. Absence and presence are used as political tools in global events and everyday life to reinforce ideas about space, society, and belonging. The Politics of Hiding, Invisibility,... Read more

1. Introduction. Between Absence and Presence: Geographies of Hiding, Invisibility and Silence  2. A Crisis of Presence: On-line Culture and Being in the World  3. Political Presence and the Politics of Noise  4. Knowing (or Not) about Katyn´ : The Silencing and Surfacing of Public Memory  5. Criminals with ‘Community Spirit’: Practising Citizenship in the Hidden World of the Prison  6. Negotiating Absence and Presence: Rural Muslims and ‘Subterranean’ Sacred Spaces  7. Invisible Targets, Strengthened Morale: Static Camouflage as a ‘Weapon of the Weak’

Biography

Rhys Dafydd Jones’ work examines the geographies of religion in rural spaces.



James Philip Robinson is a cultural-historical geographer at Queen’s University, Belfast, researching the geographies of camouflage.



Jennifer Turner’s interdisciplinary work at the University of Leicester focuses upon prison architecture and design, and its relationship to penal purpose.