Political Geography - The 'geographical imaginary' centred on the physical landscape of the Carpathian basin, and the formulation of national-populist

本文将探讨匈牙利政治精英努力（重新）产生以喀尔巴阡盆地自然景观为中心的国家地理想象的意义和共鸣。该项目将独特地将地缘政治文化的概念（total 2017）与地理想象（Said 1978; Gregory 1994）结合起来，为匈牙利民族民粹主义趋势的形成以及这一自然景观的地缘政治、社会和文化相关性提供新的见解。在女权主义地理框架下，女性认同的声音将被强调，以探索这一概念是如何在男性主导的话语中主要被宣布的，以及在讨论中没有被代表的人是如何理解的。借鉴布鲁贝克（2020）民粹主义的概念化，本研究还将侧重于对匈牙利民族民粹主义叙事所带来的不同地缘政治文化和价值观挑战的区域视角，将这种知识和视角理解为“位于”。随着人们对匈牙利新兴治理模式的日益关注（Scott 2021; Merabishvili 2022），该项目将对民粹主义趋势的发展提供重要的描述。在整个研究过程中对欧盟和区域发展的关注也使其与政策领域具有重要的相关性。

This proposed thesis will investigate the meanings and resonance of Hungarian political elites efforts to (re-)produce a geographical imaginary of the nation centred on the physical landscape of the Carpathian basin. This project will uniquely integrate the concept of geopolitical cultures (Toal 2017) with geographical imaginaries (Said 1978; Gregory 1994) to draw new insight into the formation of national-populist trends in Hungary and the geopolitical, social, and cultural relevance of this physical landscape. Under a feminist geography framework, female-identifying voices will be highlighted to explore how this notion is predominantly proclaimed in male-dominated discourses and how it is understood by those not represented within the discussions. Drawing on Brubaker's (2020) conceptualisation of populism, this research will additionally focus on regional perspectives towards the challenges of differing geopolitical cultures and values posed by national-populist narratives in Hungary, understanding this knowledge and perspectives as 'situated'. With growing concern about the emerging patterns of Hungarian governance (Scott 2021; Merabishvili 2022), this project will provide a vital account of developing populist trends. The attention given to the EU and regional development throughout this research additionally allows it to be of significant relevance to policy spheres.