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'Deconstructing twinned towers: Lisbon's Expo '98 and the occluded geographies of discovery' (2005)
Journal Article
Power, M., & Sidaway, J. (2005). 'Deconstructing twinned towers: Lisbon's Expo '98 and the occluded geographies of discovery'. Social and Cultural Geography, 6(6), 865-883. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649360500353228

This paper develops a critique of Western representations of discovery, centrality and self-identity via a focus on Portugal's Expo '98. Two of the towers of the title were incorporated into the site of Expo '98 (the last universal exposition of the... Read More about 'Deconstructing twinned towers: Lisbon's Expo '98 and the occluded geographies of discovery'.

'The tears of Portugal': empire, identity, 'race', and destiny in Portuguese geopolitical narratives (2005)
Journal Article
Sidaway, J., & Power, M. (2005). 'The tears of Portugal': empire, identity, 'race', and destiny in Portuguese geopolitical narratives. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 23(4), 527-554. https://doi.org/10.1068/d345t

Geopolitical discourses are constitutive moments within the expression and construction of ‘national’ identities. Approaching geopolitics and identities as contested and fluid domains, we examine the relationships between geopolitical narratives and... Read More about 'The tears of Portugal': empire, identity, 'race', and destiny in Portuguese geopolitical narratives.

Frames of reference on the geopolitical stage: Saving Private Ryan and the Second World War/Second Gulf War intertext' (2005)
Journal Article
Crampton, A., & Power, M. (2005). Frames of reference on the geopolitical stage: Saving Private Ryan and the Second World War/Second Gulf War intertext'. Geopolitics, 10(2), 244-265. https://doi.org/10.1080/14650040590946575

As sequels go, Gulf War II: Unfinished Business was a popular and omnipotent movie spectacle. The very process of naming the conflict implied a notion of watching a second episode and encountering the war from afar, whilst numerous media commentators... Read More about Frames of reference on the geopolitical stage: Saving Private Ryan and the Second World War/Second Gulf War intertext'.