Northerners in London: Englishness, place and mobility

这个项目是第一个主要研究这种划分方式的研究，它既塑造了英国人的身份，也被英国人对地方和流动性的理解所塑造。通过与生活在伦敦的北方人的生活故事工作，我将研究南北分歧与个体移民身份和生活经历的持续相关性。伦敦对北方的长期特权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分化。这些过程产生了移民循环，例如，看到北方毕业生搬到伦敦寻找工作。通过关注跨地区移民，我的目标是挑战国家认同和不流动之间有问题的等式，并进一步理解英格兰作为一个“散居空间”。跨越南北鸿沟的移民的重要性将成为生活故事访谈的主题，访谈对象是移民到伦敦的不同群体的北方人，以及他们仍在北方的朋友和家人。使用话语分析，我将探讨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。除了发展对南北鸿沟的理解以及文化和空间差异的产生，我的目标是为伦敦与北方之间的关系以及地方和国家身份的相互作用的政策辩论做出贡献。在评估南北鸿沟对迁移到伦敦的北方人的身份和经历的重要性时，该项目将促进对移民和地方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.