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The aim is to analyze Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour as a critical site for exploring identity formation and placemaking practices in popular culture.

July 26, 2026GeoHumanities

“A Place in This World”: Critical Placemaking and Identity Formation at Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour

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The aim is to analyze Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour as a critical site for exploring identity formation and placemaking practices in popular culture.
Discourse analysis of tour-related cultural practices
Ethnographic participation to understand fan experiences
Examination of urban rebranding and identity reconfiguration
The tour produced a transnational landscape of belonging through various spatial and cultural practices.
It highlighted the uneven power dynamics in celebrity-driven placemaking, centering on White, cisgender perspectives.
The findings reveal how urban celebrations can challenge and reinforce existing social hierarchies.

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Explores the intersection of critical placemaking and identity formation in a global cultural event, indicating broader implications for urban identities.

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Merced et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a65a468d3aea3239cd770a8 https://doi.org/10.1080/2373566x.2026.2686176

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Explores the intersection of critical placemaking and identity formation in a global cultural event, indicating broader implications for urban identities.

“A Place in This World”: Critical Placemaking and Identity Formation at Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour

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“A Place in This World”: Critical Placemaking and Identity Formation at Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour

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