Everyday Brexits

Anderson, B.; Wilson, H.F.

doi:10.1111/area.12385

Everyday Brexits

Anderson, B.; Wilson, H.F.

Authors

Professor Ben Anderson ben.anderson@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Professor Helen Wilson helen.f.wilson@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Abstract

In this commentary we explore how geographers might respond to the event of ‘Brexit’ – the decision and process of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union after the referendum of 23 June 2016. Although it is necessary to understand the ways in which Brexit is an effect of a range of named causes and conditions, we argue that geographers should also stay with the event of ‘Brexit’ by following how Brexit surfaces across a variety of everyday scenes and situations. Such geographies of everyday Brexit would begin from the different ways in which people, groups and organisations relate to Brexit through the making present of diverse futures. As futures are anticipated, hoped for, suspended or otherwise related to, Brexit (re)animates relations of power, and gives rise to new forms of collective and bodily life.

Citation

Anderson, B., & Wilson, H. (2018). Everyday Brexits. Area, 50(2), 291-295. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12385

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Aug 8, 2017
Online Publication Date	Sep 28, 2017
Publication Date	Jun 1, 2018
Deposit Date	Aug 16, 2017
Publicly Available Date	Sep 28, 2019
Journal	Area
Print ISSN	0004-0894
Electronic ISSN	1475-4762
Publisher	Wiley
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	50
Issue	2
Pages	291-295
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1111/area.12385

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