READING THE €URO
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T R A N S N A T I O N A L I D E N T I F I C A T I O N
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R E A D I N G T H E €U R O:
M O N E Y A S A M E D I U M O F T R A N S N A T I O N A L I D E N T I F I C A T I O N
Money communicates collective identifications. The Euro, introduced in 2002, is a splendid example where the common designs of banknotes and coins symbolise core values of the EU, while the nation-specific reverse sides of the coins hint at different ways in which individual European countries relate to the Union. This study is a reading of the money story of transnational identifications, traced through Euro de- signs in relation to other European symbols and to pre-Euro national currencies.
DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE STUDIES
T E M A K U L T U R O C H S A M H Ä L L E
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Linköping University has a strong tradition for interdisciplinary research and PhD education, with a range of thematically defined units. At the Department of Culture Studies (Tema kultur och samhälle, Tema Q), culture is studied as a dynamic field of practices, including agency as well as structure, and cul- tural products as well as the way they are produced, consumed, communi- cated and used. Tema Q is part of the larger Department for Studies of Social Change and Culture (ISAK).
