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The word ‘ambivalence’ has a particular appropriateness for Northern Ireland in that we consistently assume that our society, if we can refer to it collectively, can be defined in terms of two opposed and conflicting perspectives. Almost every aspect of our lives, including our politics, religious practices and culture can be read as Protestant unionist or Catholic nationalist. So when we speak of cultural identity in Northern Ireland, more often than not what we mean is ethnic identity. In Belfast, of course, we have some very obvious visible expressions of identity in the sectarian geography of working-class areas — although the terraced house architecture is almost universal, tribal markers such as flags, emblems and wall murals simultaneously celebrate and threaten.
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McEldowney, M., Sterrett, K., Gaffikin, F. (2001). Architectural Ambivalence: the Built Environment and Cultural Identity in Belfast. In: Neill, W.J.V., Schwedler, HU. (eds) Urban Planning and Cultural Inclusion. Anglo-German Foundation for the Study of Industrial Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230524064_7
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