Abstract
In the paper I examine how a cultural event (tilting at the ring) traditionally associated with the periphery of Denmark is transferred to the capital of Copenhagen. This transfer was initiated by a group of mobile youngsters originally from Southern Jutland now living in Copenhagen. After the first event, a Facebook-community was set up to organize and promote succeeding events. By analyzing empirical data from Facebook I point to how the participants draw on a range of ‘languagecultural practices’ (Cornips & de Rooij in press) to re-contextualize the rural tradition to an urban setting. I discuss whether and how the two dimensions of ‘belonging’ (Antonsich 2010), i.e. place-belongingness and politics of belonging, are made relevant by the participants.
The connection to Southern Jutland is pointed to in several ways: linguistically by using dialect orthography, materially by pointing to local products and culturally by enacting the competition (Coupland 2014). Yet, I argue that the participants do not create a copy of the activity as it is played out in its original setting, rather it is ascribed a certain urban coolness, which might be a way of demonstrating hybrid senses of belonging to both Southern Jutland and Copenhagen.
| Original language | English |
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| Publication date | 2015 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| Event | The languagecultural conceptualisation of ‘belonging’ - Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands Duration: 9 Jun 2015 → 10 Jun 2015 |
Workshop
| Workshop | The languagecultural conceptualisation of ‘belonging’ |
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| Location | Maastricht University |
| Country/Territory | Netherlands |
| City | Maastricht |
| Period | 09/06/2015 → 10/06/2015 |