Deterritorialization and re-territorialization of cultural identities
Deterritorialization and re-territorialization of cultural identities

Summary/Abstract: Increasing accessibility in space is manifested in a shift from cohabitation to confrontation and interpenetration of (territorial) cultural identities. A simultaneity of the processes of homogenization and diversification can be understood as appearing at different levels of territorial organization. While the traditional cultural identities (communities) are becoming more similar, the diversity of their (sub)groups (sub-cultures) and individuals is tending to increase. In the past, cultural identities were shaped because of limited accessibility (discontinuity in communication); the trends for the future indicate that intensification of selective communication will lead to increasing cultural diversification on the basis of unique combinations of people, goods and ideas in specific locations in space. This implies both deterritorialization and re-territorialization of cultural identities.

• Details
• Contents