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posted on 2020-02-24, 16:57 authored by Marco AntonsichMarco Antonsich, Michael SkeyMichael Skey, Shanti Sumartojo, Peter Merriman, Angharad Closs Stephens, Divya Tolia-Kelly, Helen Wilson, Ben AndersonOver the last decade affect has emerged as one of the most prominent concepts within human geography. More recently, scholars engaging with the nation have also have also drawn on insights from studies of affect to interrogate the ways in which relations between people and materially heterogeneous assemblages underpin national forms of identification, organisation and expression. This symposium aims to interrogate affective nationalism both as an analytical lens and a topic of investigation. More specifically it looks into the spaces and the politics of affective nationalism as a way to explore how the nation continues to operate as a salient register in people’s everyday lives.
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