Book Launch
Spatiality and Symbolic
Expression: On the Links
Between Place and Culture
edited by Bill Richardson
(Palgrave Macmillan, 2015)
With launch introduction by
Prof Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh
Venue: The Bridge, Moore Institute, Hardiman
Research Building, NUI Galway
Date/Time: Tuesday 24 November – 5.30 p.m.
(Refreshments will be served)
Exploring the links between concepts of space
and place, Spatiality and Symbolic Expression
focuses on the ways in which cultural expression
occurs. With a view to identifying
commonalities, chapters examine four key facets
of an emerging framework and analyze
language, literature, translation, pedagogy, film,
music, art and the use of iconic imagery in
nation-building projects. Contributing to an ongoing conversation, these essays aim to offer a
greater sense of how symbolic expression and
cultural production rely on spatial realities to
achieve their ends.
Contributing authors:
Paolo Bartoloni (Italian, NUIG)
Paul Carter (RMIT, Melbourne)
Catherine Emerson (French, NUIG)
Conn Holohan (Film Studies, NUIG)
Miles Kennedy (Philosophy, NUIG)
Karen Le Rossignol (Deakin University)
Lillis Ó Laoire (Gaeilge, NUIG)
Felix Ó Murchadha (Philosophy, NUIG)
Bill Richardson (Spanish, NUIG)
Christiane Schönfeld (German, UL)
Ulf Strohmayer (Geography, NUIG)
“Through their own lens, the contributors to Spatiality and Symbolic Expression explore the
referential aspect of a set of symbolic expressions. Four key-words are pointed out by Richardson:
philosophy, psychology, plasticity, and power. By intertwining them appropriately, the contributors to
this collection keep a perfect focus on the crossroad between spatial realities and symbolic
expression.”
Bertrand Westphal, U. de Limoges, France
Space, Place and Identity Research Cluster, NUI Galway