%0 Journal Article
%T Neglected rural geography: Exploring the quiet politics of ¡®out
%A Rachel Hunt
%J Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space
%@ 2399-6552
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2399654418784944
%X Taking the example of leisure in rural Scotland, this article makes a call for a renewed appreciation of a radical rural and a subsequent recognition of the potential for quiet politics. In doing so, it addresses the overlooked, yet potentially progressive, even radical, nature of ¡®out-dwelling¡¯ as a political endeavour. These ¡®out-dwellings¡¯ are twofold, encompassing the distinct yet complementary cultures of Huts and Bothies in rural Scotland. There is within these cultures a rising tide of discontent with contemporary society and a subsequent push for change. These political eruptions emphasise the spatial politics of everyday leisure and land where alterity to the imagined geography of a static, wild, romantic Scotland, driven by the landed estates, emerges as a key driver for change. This argument for a radical rural will be structured around four themes; political ¡®out-dwelling¡¯, transgressive mobility, conspicuous consumption and land ownership
%K Rural
%K political
%K Scotland
%K land ownership
%K land access
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2399654418784944