Lokot, Tetyana ORCID: 0000-0002-2488-4045 (2021) Ukraine is Europe? Complicating the concept of the ‘European’ in the wake of an urban protest. Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies, 18 (4). pp. 439-446. ISSN 1479-1420
Abstract
This essay examines citizens’ use of cities as communicative spaces for expressing “Europeanness” – both in everyday life and in moments of mass mobilisation. It critically reflects on the notion of European urbanity as an aspirational, yet problematic ideal and seeks to decentre (Western) Europe as the default source of ideas about what it means to be European by attending to “peripheral” voices at Europe’s edge. It examines the events and symbolism of Ukraine’s 2013–2014 Euromaidan protest and its aftermath as a microcosm that reflects the broader negotiation of Ukraine’s imaginary of Europe and its own place within that imaginary.
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Item Type: | Article (Published) |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Ukraine; urban communication; Euromaidan; protest; Europeanness |
Subjects: | Social Sciences > Communication Social Sciences > Multiculturalism Social Sciences > Political science Social Sciences > Identity |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Communications |
Publisher: | Routledge (Taylor & Francis) |
Official URL: | https://doi.org/10.1080/14791420.2021.1995619 |
Copyright Information: | © 2021 The Authors. Open Access (CC-BY-4.0) |
ID Code: | 26515 |
Deposited On: | 09 Dec 2021 12:25 by Tetyana Lokot . Last Modified 09 Dec 2021 12:25 |
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