Be…In This Place: Cornerstones of Atlantic Canadian Citizenship

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“Be… in this place: Cornerstones of Atlantic Canadian citizenship” #Beyond150CA 1/ pic.twitter.com/muiJfp11cq
— Sarah King (@KingSeraSera) August 25, 2017

Atlantic Canadians are used to getting short shrift in national narratives. PET told us to "get off our asses" in the 70s #beyond150ca 2/ pic.twitter.com/OjlO7eTq56
— Sarah King (@KingSeraSera) August 25, 2017

Research on AtlCan focuses on misconceptions about the region. How does this shape how we respond to politics & civic life? #Beyond150CA 3/ pic.twitter.com/pyYA2dfZ8q
— Sarah King (@KingSeraSera) August 25, 2017

In my paper, I identify four cornerstones of Atlantic Canadian citizenship 4/ pic.twitter.com/KzlRVR47ts
— Sarah King (@KingSeraSera) August 25, 2017

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— Sarah King (@KingSeraSera) August 25, 2017

Our stories & literature explore “Landscapes of the Heart”: Geographic and physical hardship #Beyond150CA 5/ pic.twitter.com/8A956mDw0R
— Sarah King (@KingSeraSera) August 25, 2017

Citizen protests and discourse tells us that natural resource economies (“Extremities of nation and continent”) are central #Beyond150CA 6/ pic.twitter.com/6dsnlfXnGH
— Sarah King (@KingSeraSera) August 25, 2017

How we treat our own on Canadian Idol compared with voting habits demonstrates a complicated relationship with voting #Beyond150CA 7/ pic.twitter.com/9hod5TlvuP
— Sarah King (@KingSeraSera) August 25, 2017

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And how we relate to each other typifies communitarian liberalism:
“The Memory of a Shared Community” “Beyond150CA” 8/ pic.twitter.com/U7is8PEI8I
— Sarah King (@KingSeraSera) August 25, 2017

So the BIG question? What do we do about it? #Beyond150CA 9/ pic.twitter.com/J2B0FthlLG
— Sarah King (@KingSeraSera) August 25, 2017

A Maritime Union? Universal Basic Income? The Atlantic Canadian Party? #Beyond150CA 10/ pic.twitter.com/XPSmjTXYVM
— Sarah King (@KingSeraSera) August 25, 2017

Rebranding? Media & narratives can be more reflective of the diversity of regional differences and civic behaviours #Beyond150CA 11/
— Sarah King (@KingSeraSera) August 25, 2017

Understanding complex relationships b/w AtlCan & Ottawa can rewrite discourses of deficit & AtlCan’s reputation. #Beyond150CA 12/ pic.twitter.com/NHgXi5LS6R
— Sarah King (@KingSeraSera) August 25, 2017

Questions? Feedback? sking@unb.ca, https://t.co/QwSVMR1OIs or @kingserasera 14/14 pic.twitter.com/gS38lj6Iu4
— Sarah King (@KingSeraSera) August 25, 2017

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