Writing remoteness: Language and place-making at Spurn
(2023)
Presentation / Conference
Horkan, T. (2023, June). Writing remoteness: Language and place-making at Spurn. Paper presented at Energy and Environment Institute Summer Conference 2023, University of Hull
What makes a ‘remote place’ remote? Using the example of Spurn on the Holderness coast, this flash talk will contend that ‘remoteness’ is a concept produced by the discursive juxtaposition of closeness and distance, the ‘here’ and ‘there’, both in sp... Read More about Writing remoteness: Language and place-making at Spurn.