Jemma Browne

Dr Jemma Browne ‘s research considers spatial representations of memory and identity in the city and she is developing a theoretical context to understand how cultural identities could be traced within city spaces, using the concept of urban cultural topography. Her research also considers how heritage and regeneration successfully connect the past and the present by exploring how post-industrial cities in the UK are spatially transformed through time by the layering of new and existing expressions of cultural identity; in particular as a result of postcolonial migration. Her work seeks to understand the role that the collective memory of post–colonial diasporic communities plays in the formation of the cultural identity of space within UK cities.