Northeast Atlantic archipelago

An explicitly archipelagic framing, emphasising the geographic reality of the island cluster and the relationships between the islands. Highlights histories of exchange, migration, and common heritage, deemphasising political boundaries.

“These islands.” A culturally interlinked, littoral periphery, contrasting with the centralised constructs of the British state.

Geographies of insularity?

• [&] See also: bioregionalism, and recent work on “archipelagic thinking”?