Regional identity as celebration and routine: ‘Mitteldeutschland’s’ glorification and its taken-for-granted meaning in media content

Felgenhauer, Tilo

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“…Argumentation analysis has been applied by human geographers with regard to subjects as diverse as regional identity (Felgenhauer, 2010 ), the appropriation of urban environments (Kremer, 2013 ), or energy production (Faller, 2016 ). The schema can also be applied to statements taken from German media discourse on the pandemic (DWDS 2 ) which are presented in the following.…”

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Reasoning COVID-19: the use of spatial metaphor in times of a crisis

Kremer

Felgenhauer²

2022

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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As other crises before, the COVID-19 pandemic put established discursive routines at stake. By framing the pandemic as a crisis, an immediate search for adequate counter-measures started to define proper means of mitigation and protection for the population. In the early stages of COVID-19, when little reliable information on the virus and its transmission behaviour was available, an intense use of metaphor to explain and govern the crisis had to be expected. Beside its well-known impact on (geo-)politics, a thorough analysis especially of the use of spatial metaphors to reason about the crises is still missing. In our approach, we rely on the foundational work of Lakoff and Johnson (1980) on image schemata, and prior work on spatial metaphors as part of argumentation patterns from cultural geography (Schlottmann, 2008). After a thorough analysis of prominent examples according to the argumentation scheme of Toulmin (1976 [1958]), we explored examples from the pre-existing corpus on COVID-19, deliberately compiled by DWDS for analysis of language patterns used throughout the pandemic. In a subsequent filter-refinement approach building on methods from cognitive linguistics and utilising a chunk of the same corpus, we were able to obtain and discuss results on the variety of spatial metaphors used at that time.

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Reasoning COVID-19: the use of spatial metaphor in times of a crisis

Kremer

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2022

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“…Some derivative studies have attempted to interpret regional identity by using regional social statistics (Fitjar 2010). There has been an intensifying effort to scrutinize administrative spaces and the institutionalization of regions (Frisvoll and Rye 2009;MacLeod 1998) after the model proposed by Paasi (1996Paasi ( , 2001, or to reveal the performativity of regions (Donaldson 2006;Felgenhauer 2010). These approaches have focused on the regional elite or activists operating in media or planning without properly considering the everyday regional identities of citizens.…”

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Narrative claims on regions: prospecting for spatial identities among social movements in Finland

Vainikka

2012

Social & Cultural Geography

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Regions have been regarded as processes, artefacts and discourses, and recently as 'brands' that various stakeholders use in marketing. Discourses on institutional regions are typically promoted by media, governmental bodies and planning organizations that draw on reputed collective regional identities-the expressions of past and current social discourses and cultural practices. However, such institutional regional discourses are often incongruous to spatial imaginaries of everyday life. This article scrutinizes the meanings of spatial attachment to citizens and explores to what extent regional identities are meaningful in everyday life. To avoid biased assumptions, focus-group interviews were carried out within four Finnish provinces among the members of four social movements. The results show that provincial spaces are not actively thought-and-practiced. Spatial identities are rather structured around personal experiences that typically accumulate in several locales, since personal histories are increasingly characterized by mobility. This article also recognizes that the everyday meanings of a socially constructed region are often generationally read and combine different historical narratives.

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“…Flags, slogans and other symbols carry the message only partially and are themselves continuously reinterpreted (Elliott & Wattanasuwan, 1998;Felgenhauer, 2010). Citizens are therefore indispensable in destination branding.…”

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Discursive contradictions in regional tourism marketing strategies: The case of Fryslân, The Netherlands

Jeuring

2016

Journal of Destination Marketing & Management

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a b s t r a c tDiscourses in tourism destination marketing play an important role in constructing and consuming tourism destinations. However, various discursive contradictions can emerge, potentially limiting or facilitating tourism development. This paper has two objectives. First, it aims to identify discursive contradictions embedded in the positioning statements of regional tourism marketing strategy documents. Second, it intends to highlight how such contradictions simultaneously prioritize and destabilize certain destination identities. Employing the case of the Dutch province of Fryslân, discourse analysis of tourism marketing documents was conducted. Findings revealed contradictions emerging along five themes: place branding, identity claims, target groups, roles and collaboration. Regional Frisian tourism marketing appears to prioritize external orientations and homogenizing identities, with limited consideration of geographically proximate markets and a selective perception of internal stakeholders' roles in tourism. Possible implications of such destination positioning are discussed and suggestions are made to balance various positioning orientations in regional place branding.

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Regional identity as celebration and routine: ‘Mitteldeutschland’s’ glorification and its taken-for-granted meaning in media content

Cited by 6 publications

References 16 publications

Reasoning COVID-19: the use of spatial metaphor in times of a crisis

Reasoning COVID-19: the use of spatial metaphor in times of a crisis

Narrative claims on regions: prospecting for spatial identities among social movements in Finland

Discursive contradictions in regional tourism marketing strategies: The case of Fryslân, The Netherlands

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