Writing (across) Europe: On writing spaces and writing practices

Gregson, N; Simonsen, K; Vaiou, D

dc.contributor.author	Gregson, N	en
dc.contributor.author	Simonsen, K	en
dc.contributor.author	Vaiou, D	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:19:42Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:19:42Z
dc.date.issued	2003	en
dc.identifier.issn	0969-7764	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/15673
dc.subject	Europe	en
dc.subject	Journals	en
dc.subject	Power geometries	en
dc.subject	Writing practices	en
dc.subject	Writing space/s	en
dc.subject.classification	Environmental Studies	en
dc.subject.classification	Urban Studies	en
dc.subject.other	colonialism	en
dc.subject.other	cultural influence	en
dc.subject.other	geographical research	en
dc.subject.other	Europe	en
dc.title	Writing (across) Europe: On writing spaces and writing practices	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1177/0969776403010001521	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969776403010001521	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2003	en
heal.abstract	In this paper we explore how existing, loosely geographical, English-language journals constitute Europe within their writing/publishing spaces. Focusing on two sets of journals - British/British-North American and those which are explicitly (pro) European in their orientation/content - we show how some of these journals appear to write contemporary Europe out of their spaces, casting Europe instead through the homogenizing lens of 19th-century colonialism. By contrast, others make more or less space for contemporary Europe but construe this as a transparent space; to be written about and framed by distant, dislocated commentator-viewers, whose power to comment and frame is regulated by their location within specific European geographical communities. Correspondingly, we argue that these journal spaces are both constituted through a centre-margin imaginary and constitutive of this power-geometry. This situation is argued to reflect academic working practices that are largely national or within-culture rather than cross-culture, and to reproduce dominant (Northern/Western) representations of Europe. In the final section of the paper, drawing on some of our own experiences, we consider how cross-cultural writing practices have the potential to disrupt this power geometry.	en
heal.publisher	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD	en
heal.journalName	European Urban and Regional Studies	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1177/0969776403010001521	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000182584100001	en
dc.identifier.volume	10	en
dc.identifier.issue	1	en
dc.identifier.spage	5	en
dc.identifier.epage	22	en