Space and Place in the Imagined Community: An Analytical Framework

• In Event: Rhetorical Engagements with Space, Place, and Memory

Abstract

This study looks at the notion of community as a rhetorical device, meant to connect a particular group of people in a particular way for a particular purpose. Within the context of this study, that particular purpose revolves around the museum as a site for community creation, action, and representation. The overall themes presented here suggest that space and place greatly impact the way that we imagine the rhetorical device of community.

Author

• Christina C. Colp-Hansbury, Arizona State University