Northerners in London: Englishness, place and mobility

这个项目是对历史上有记录的英格兰的神奇地理的第一次重大研究，研究这种鸿沟是如何形成的，以及如何由对英国性、地点和流动性的理解来塑造的。通过与生活在伦敦的北方人的生活故事工作，我将研究南北分水岭与移民个人的身份和生活经历的持续相关性。伦敦对北方的长期优势导致了两个地区之间日益加剧的不平等，以及北方和北方身份的调查。这些过程产生了移民循环，例如，北方的毕业生搬到伦敦找工作。通过关注跨地区移民，我的目标是挑战国家认同和固定之间的有问题的平衡，并进一步理解英格兰是一个“散居海外的空间”。跨越南北分界线的移民的重要性将成为生活故事的主题，采访对象是一群已经移民到伦敦的不同的北方人，以及他们仍在北方的朋友和家庭网络成员。利用话语分析，我将探索南北文化和空间划分的概念如何在个人的流动性、身份和亲密关系中发挥作用。除了加深对南北鸿沟的理解以及文化和空间差异的产生，我的目标是为关于伦敦和北方之间的关系以及地方和国家认同的相互作用的政策辩论做出贡献。在评估南北鸿沟对移民到伦敦的北方人的身份和经历的意义时，该项目将促进人们对移民和所在地问题如何在后工业社会中形成国家身份和文化差异的理解。

magined geographies of England throughout recordedhistory, this project is the first major study on the wayin which this divide both shapes, and is shaped by,understandings of Englishness, place and mobility.Through life story work with Northerners living inLondon, I will examine the continuing relevance of theNorth-South divide to the identities and livedexperiences of individual migrants. The long-termprivileging of London over the North has led to growinginequalities between the two regions and thestigmatisation of the North and Northern identities.These processes have generated migration circuitswhich, for example, see Northern graduates moving toLondon in search of work. By focusing on transregionalmigrancy, I aim to challenge problematic equationsbetween national identity and immobility and to furtherunderstandings of England as a 'diaspora space'. Thesignificance of migration across the North-South dividewill be the subject of life story interviews with a diversegroup of Northerners who have migrated to London,and with members of their friend and family networksstill in the North. Using discourse analysis, I will explorehow notions of North-South cultural and spatialdivisions figure in individuals' mobilities, identities andintimate relationships. As well as developingunderstandings of the North-South divide and theproduction of cultural and spatial distinctions, I aim tocontribute to policy debates on the relationshipbetween London and the North and the interplay oflocal and national identities. In evaluating thesignificance of the North-South divide to the identitiesand experiences of Northerners who have migrated toLondon, this project will advance understandings ofhow issues of migration and locality play into theformation of national identities and cultural distinctionsin post-industrial societies.