Transforming a Nation by turning North: Scotland's external policy efforts to promote a new Northern Scottish identity

在过去的十年里，苏格兰领导人一直在对北极地区采取积极的政策，指出与北欧国家的文化亲和力和历史联系。这种与北方的接触面临着两大变化：北极气候和地缘政治变化的加速；以及苏格兰独立运动。作为对现有文献的补充，本研究将关注苏格兰政府如何通过构成“北转”的举措动员这些转变，并将关注随之而来的文化转型，询问苏格兰如何促进更新的北方身份，以及苏格兰人民如何看待这一点。在回答这些问题时，我将讨论是否真的存在“北转”，如果是的话，苏格兰对外政策的这个转折点是否会延伸到苏格兰的身份。这些问题最终涉及到更广泛的问题，一方面是政策，另一方面是身份，甚至更广泛地说，一方面是政治（或国家政策），另一方面是文化。使用关键地缘政治（CG）和外交政策分析（FPA）交叉的理论框架，本研究将主要使用混合方法，将定量和定性工具应用于各种来源的数据，包括文本（包括报纸，地图和政策文件），精英访谈和在庆祝苏格兰北部联系的文化活动中进行的调查。

For the past decade, Scottish leaders have been engaging in a proactive policy towards the Arctic region, pointing at cultural affinities and historical links with Nordic countries. This engagement toward the North occurs in the face of two major shifts: accelerated climate and geopolitical change in the Arctic; and Scotland's independence campaign.Complementing existing literature that focuses on how these shifts are being mobilised through Scottish Government initiatives that constitute a 'Northern Turn', this research will focus on the accompanying cultural transformation, asking how Scotland is promoting a renewed, Northern identity, and how this is perceived bythe Scottish people. In answering these questions I will be addressing whether there really is a 'Northern Turn' and, if so, whether or not this turning point in Scottish external policy extends to Scottish identity. These questions ultimately speak to broader questions about the relation between policy, on the one hand, and identity on the other and, even more broadly, between, on the one hand, politics (or state policy) and, on the other hand, culture. Using a theoretical framework at the intersection of Critical Geopolitics (CG) and Foreign Policy Analysis (FPA), this research will mainly be conducted using a mixed-methods approach applying quantitative and qualitative tools to data derived from a variety ofsources including texts (including newspapers, maps, and policydocuments), elite interviews, and surveys administered at cultural events celebrating Scotland's northern linkages.