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Abstract
Northern Alberta is a space of conflict, not only in terms of environmental politics, but likewise in terms of regional identity and community sustainability. Using a variety of forms of narrative (drawing from mediated and unmediated sources in image, text, and sound), we can reveal the dominant cultural imaginaries that frame and limit our abilities to progress beyond these conflicts. This is a study of regionalism, nationalism, and identity in a city divided between an imagined Albertan conservatism, a displaced Newfoundland outport, and a cosmopolitan global work-force. It is a study of narrative in everyday life, in an effort to deconstruct divisive attitudes in acknowledgement of a more complex and diverse reality.
Résumé
Le Nord de l’Alberta constitue un espace de conflits, non seulement en ce qui concerne les politiques environnementales, mais également sur le plan de l’identité régionale et de la viabilité des collectivités. En se basant sur une variété de récits tirés de différentes sources visuelles, textuelles et sonores, il est alors possible de mettre en lumière les imaginaires culturels dominants qui orientent et limitent notre capacité à penser au-delà de ces conflits. Ce que nous proposons est une étude sur le régionalisme, le nationalisme et l’identité dans une ville divisée entre un conservatisme albertain imaginaire, une enclave de Terre-Neuviens déplacés, et une main d’oeuvre globale et cosmopolite. Il s’agit d’une analyse des récits dans la vie quotidienne qui contribue à déconstruire certaines perspectives porteuses de dissensions par la mise en évidence d’une réalité plus complexe et multiple.
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