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In
states that experience national and ethnic conflicts, the "space" is
usually an expression of the official and privileged narrative of the
dominant group. This is particularly the case when the confrontations
between the parties to the conflict exhibit characteristics of
colonialism. The dominant narrative, and the memory to which it is
attached, are preserved and entrenched by spatial planning and urban
design, among other things. Designers, planners and architects who are
members of the dominant group are partners in narrating the story of
their group. They design and represent its historical, political and
geographical narrative within the space. At the same time, they ignore
the narrative and memory of subaltern groups, which include indigenous
peoples and ethnic, cultural and national minority groups, and
sometimes even erase them altogether ...
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