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Ukraine is Europe? Complicating the concept of the ‘European’ in the wake of an urban protest

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

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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.

Item Type:Article (Published)
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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