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Introduction
funeralareas.Tesenseofidentityisorientedtowardsthepast,thepresent,and
thefuture.Moreover,nothinghappensinisolationfromagivenspacewhich,
withthepassingoftime,gains(orloses)yetanothermeaning.Simultaneously,
acontactisdevelopedwiththeplace-thesenseofidentityisbuiltovertimeon
thebasisofrelationsandexperiencecollectedbygenerations.Fromthispoint
ofview,acemeteryisoneoftheurbanareasofaspecificnature.Likenoother,
itseemstohavenotonlydirectfuneraryconnotations-closingtheprocess
ofdying-butfardeeperonesreferringtothesenseofbelonging,building
identitybothontheindividualaswellasonthecollectivelevel.Cemeteries
turnouttobeakindofcommonspace,treatedasasymbolicpropertyofthe
communityandofprivatepersons,limitedtotherelationswiththeclosest
relativesorpartnersburiedwithinitsgrounds.belongingtoaparticularcom-
munityofthelivingalmostalwaysguaranteesaplaceinthecommunityofits
deceasedpersons.
InheruSocialCrisisinContemporaryUkraine.InSearchofaNewNar-
rative,”AnastasiiaNesterenko-whilediscussingthenationalidentityissues-
dispelsourillusionsastothesimple,political,two-elementdivisions.Asshe
says,uTerearemuchmorecomplexissuesthatmaydividepeople.”Zbigniew
Zagała,inturn,focuseshisattentiononthesimilaritiesanddińerencesinthe
sphereofsocialcompositionandpresentsselectedviewsofproponentsoftwo
politicalpartiesthatconstitutetheirpoliticalidentities(u)CivicPlatformParty
(PO)Partisans)andCLawandJustice(PiS)Partisans)
.MeandersofTwoPolitical
IdentityNarratives.EmpiricalStudy”).
UsingtheinterdisciplinarypotentialofCriticaldiscourseAnalysis
(CdA),IzabelaHandzlikanalyseshowidentitiesofAmericanandEuropean
Muslimswereconstructedandreconstructedinthefirstdecadefollowingthe
September11terroristattacks(uCTeFearofSmallNumbers)?(Re)constructing
IdentitiesofAmericanandEuropeanMuslims”).Teauthoralsoreminds
readersthattheprocessofcreatingtheuus-them”divisionisstillevident
inthefaceofthe15thanniversaryofthesetragiceventsandthemostrecent
developmentsinEurope.
Januszborusowskiillustrateshowcomplextheissueofidentityinagiven
politicalcontextcanbe.InhisdetailedanalysisoftheLibyanArabSpring,
uTuwarversusAzlam-IdentitydilemmasofLibyanMinoritiesduringthe
ArabSpring,”theucultureofthevictor”emergesasoneofmanyconsequences
ofrevolution,whichwillbeimprintedonLibyansocietyforaverylongtime.
Urbanidentity,history,andcollectivememoryarethekeyphrasesfound
asnecessarytoexplaintheconceptofidentityaccordingtoKrzysztofbierwia-
czonekandTomaszNawrocki(uTePastasPartofaCity)sIdentity”)-empha-
sisingthecharacteristicgenerallysharedbyalltheperspectivesinthevolume,
namely,thatidentityisnotgiventousonceandforall,yetitisconstantlybeing
unveiledandreproduced(Massey2005).
