Abstract
This chapter offers a perspective on how affective polarisation can be helpful in considering some of the conflicting interpretations of the modern history of Wales – and how they might be reconciled. Ifor ap Glyn is a poet and documentary maker and takes the medieval tale of Taliesin the shape-shifter as a start-point for his analysis. It considers Welsh identity from a linguistic perspective; how it was transformed by industrialisation; and as a dimension of British identity. The impact of large-scale migration on Welsh identity is discussed, and the effect of a more recent population shift on the Welsh language in its western heartlands, through second homes and rural retreating. Wales remains politically distinct, but is its identity increasingly based on devolved institutions? Can the Welsh language take a wider role in the continuing reimagining of Welsh identity?
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