Cyprus and its Conflicts

The Mediterranean island of Cyprus is the site of enduring political, military, and economic conflict. This interdisciplinary collection takes Cyprus as a geographical, cultural and political point of reference for understanding how conflict is mediated, represented, reconstructed, experienced, and transformed. Through methodologically diverse case studies of a wide range of topics—including public art, urban spaces, and print, broadcast and digital media—it assembles an impressively multifaceted perspective, one that provides broad insights into the complex interplay of culture, conflict, and identity.

The Mediterranean island of Cyprus is the site of enduring political, military, and economic conflict. This interdisciplinary collection takes Cyprus as a geographical, cultural and political point of reference for understanding how conflict is mediated, represented, reconstructed, experienced, and transformed. Through methodologically diverse case studies of a wide range of topics—including public art, urban spaces, and print, broadcast and digital media—it assembles an impressively multifaceted perspective, one that provides broad insights into the complex interplay of culture, conflict, and identity.

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Introduction: A Multidisciplinary and Multiperspectival Approach to Conflict
Vaia Doudaki and Nico Carpentier

PART I: THE MATERIALITY OF CONFLICT IN CYPRUS

Chapter 1. Iconoclastic Controversy in Cyprus: The Problematic Rethinking of a Conflicted Past
Nico Carpentier

Chapter 2. Soundmarks of Conflict in the City Centre of Divided Nicosia
Yiannis Christidis and Angeliki Gazi

Chapter 3.
Bridge Over Troubled…
Susan J. Drucker and Gary Gumpert

Chapter 4. Financial Crisis, Austerity and Public Service Media in Cyprus: Reforming or Downsizing? An Analysis of Discourses and Critiques
Lia-Paschalia Spyridou and Dimitra L. Milioni

PART II: CONFLICT REPRESENTATIONS OF CYPRUS FROM WITHIN (NORTH AND SOUTH)

Chapter 5. The ‘Others’ in Peace Talks: Representation of ‘Us’ and ‘Them’ in the Turkish-Cypriot and Greek-Cypriot Press
Christophoros Christophorou and Sanem Şahin

Chapter 6. Discourses of Legitimation in the News: The Case of the Cypriot Bailout
Vaia Doudaki

Chapter 7. Challenging the Sacredness of ‘the Mediated Centre’: The Shift in Media Discourses on Bicommunal Relations in Cyprus after the Crossing Points Opening in 2003
Christiana Karayianni

Chapter 8. The Cypriot ‘Occupy the Buffer Zone’ Movement: Online Discursive Frames and Civic Engagement
Venetia Papa and Peter Dahlgren

PART III: CONFLICT REPRESENTATIONS OF CYPRUS FROM THE OUTSIDE

Chapter 9. Whose Flags are These? Apollon Limassol v. Trabzonspor Football Matches in Turkish Online News and User Comments as a Case of ‘Banal Nationalism’
D. Beybin Kejanlioglu and Serhat Güney

Chapter 10. A Treasure in Varosha: The Role of a Cypriot Myth in the Construction of Turkish Nationalist Identity
Aysu Arsoy

Chapter 11. Pax Troikana: The U.K. Media and the Symbolic Conflicts on the Cypriot ‘Rescue’ Programme
Giulia Airaghi and Maria Avraamidou

Chapter 12. Hegemonic and Counter-hegemonic Discourses of the Cypriot Economic Crisis by Greek Media
Yiannis Mylonas

Conclusion: Studying Conflicts in Cyprus: Lessons Learned for Conflict Studies
Nico Carpentier

Index