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Performing Regions: Territorial Development and Cultural Politics in a Europe of the Regions

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  • Andrew Donaldson

    (Centre for Rural Economy, School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 7RU, England)

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In this paper I examine the politics of regional development in the European Union from the perspective of language and identity. The idea that regions are performed through forms of knowledge and political practice is advanced and explored through an engagement with development as a discourse. Within the European Union regional-development discourse is inextricably tied into the cultural political rhetoric of the ‘Europe of the Regions' concept. Local actors can utilise the discourse of development as a political resource. To illustrate this process the concept of cultural literacy is developed and explored through a case study of cultural and political activism related to the European Union Objective 1 programme in Cornwall in the South West of England. Cultural literacy refers to knowledge that aids in the assimilation of further knowledge (about a specific culture) through the creation and comprehension of tailored communications; such knowledge is inherently political and can act as a central constituent of a social identity. The discourse of European regional development itself can also be coopted into new cultural literacies towards specific political goals. In this way regional development discourses can become part of the performance of regions.

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  • Andrew Donaldson, 2006. "Performing Regions: Territorial Development and Cultural Politics in a Europe of the Regions," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 38(11), pages 2075-2092, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envira:v:38:y:2006:i:11:p:2075-2092
    DOI: 10.1068/a37104
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