Popular imaginative geographies and Brexit: Evidence from Mass Observation
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چکیده
The EU Referendum of 2016 was one the most significant events in recent British political history. It is widely recognised that citizens engaged with referendum through understandings Britain, EU, world, and their place it. This study complements existing research where such have been inferred from citizens’ demographic characteristics, characteristics localities/regions, or elite discourses. builds on a more direct engagement has achieved interviews focus groups, allowing content to be thickly described. To these latter studies, this paper makes three main contributions. First, it focuses popular imaginative geographies, which are conceptualised drawing literatures Geography Political Science as fast-thinking heuristics. Second, brings new evidence conversation form volunteer writing for Mass Observation. Third, but also how why geographies were used by voters referendum. findings include many Leave supporters imagined Britain an island – either once great military imperial power, separate Europe, needing freedom Europe engage wider world; small island, full container, close rest vulnerable mobilities across Europe’s borders. By contrast, Remain post-imperial, small, vulnerable, under threat isolation exposure chaotic, uncertain, dangerous world. Both groups because presented difficult task, campaigns provided few trustworthy facts, therefore had rely cognitive shortcuts, including geographies.
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عنوان ژورنال: Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['1475-5661', '0020-2754']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/tran.12444