Re–imagining Contested Communities – Connecting Ro therham through Research

Re-imagining Contested CommunitiesConnecting Rotherham through Research\nAuthor(s): Maria O'Beirne, Abigail Hackett, Tanya Evans, Luke Lassiter, William Gould, Robert Rutherfoord, Steve Pool, Paul Ward, Elizabeth Campbell, Kate Pahl\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bristol University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Policy Press\nISBN-13: 9781447333302, 978-1447333302\nSynopsis\nThis is a book that challenges contemporary images of place. Too often we are told about deprived neighbourhoods but rarely do the people who live in those communities get to shape the agenda and describe, from their perspective, what is important to them. In this unique book the process of re-imagining comes to the fore in a fresh and contemporary look at one UK town, Rotherham. \n\nUsing history, artistic practice, writing, poetry, autobiography and collaborative ethnography, this book literally and figuratively re-imagines a place. It is a manifesto for alternative visions of community, located in histories an.