The implications of changing migration discourses and the rise of the far-right in Europe on peripheral, rural communities in Wales and Sweden.

21世纪世纪，欧洲各地的极右情绪和政治有所抬头。这有时被归因于农村社区和国家内部被想象为落后的空间。我感兴趣的是周边农村社区如何协商不断变化的移民话语。这些社区的人们在多大程度上感到自己是国家项目的一部分？白度在这些空间中是如何表现的？国家和地方媒体对移民和白人的论述是否存在差异？在这些边缘地区，移民是如何被看待的？在这些地区，移民是什么样的？ 研究将在威尔士和瑞典北方进行。它将扩大我们对周边农村社区和国家项目之间关系的理解，以及如何在这些地方执行，理解，争议和重视白人和移民的概念。

The 21st century has seen a rise in far-right sentiment and politics across Europe. This is sometimes attributed to rural communities and the spaces imagined to be backward within states. I am interested in how peripheral rural communities negotiate changing migration discourses. To what extent do people in these communities feel part of the national project? How is whiteness performed in these spaces? Are there differences between national and local media discourses on migration and whiteness? How are immigrants seen in these peripheries and what is it like to be an immigrant within them? The research will be conducted in Wales and Northern Sweden. It will broaden our understanding of the relationship between peripheral rural communities and the national project as well as how the notions of whiteness and migration are performed, understood, contested and valued in these locations.