Solidarity, uncertainty or fear? Emotional responses to flags and flag-waving at an international youth camp
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The article examines the relationship between national flags, actors’ emotional responses and the environment in which the flagging occurs. Building on a conceptual framework composed of the elements emotion, object, site and knowledge, the author demonstrates through an analysis of four incidents observed at a youth camp how the meanings attributed to specific groups and their symbols within Danish media and society generate in spectators a sense of solidarity uncertainty and possibly fear. The research draws attention to the significance of the emotional dimension to intercultural encounters, as well as the role of the socio-spatial environment in producing emotion.
Author: Hanne Tange
Institution: Aalborg University
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4409903651