Abstract

This paper examines the dynamics involved in legitimising and defining values which ultimately inform the official discourse relating to a landscape. As such it explores which values are legitimized, promoted, subordinated or ignored when a landscape is defined; consequently influencing whose understanding of a landscape is accepted as justified true knowledge and thus informing the aspirations and future direction of that landscape.The empirical basis for this paper is a landscape impacted by the largest forest fire in modern Swedish history and the discourses which develop around this landscape. This paper addresses how local inhabitants, planning authorities and researcher have shaped the understanding and future trajectory of this landscape. The paper finally questions how the developing official discourse relates to the ideal of landscape as promoted through the ELC; a democratic entity.

Keywords

Landscape identity, landscape discourses, forest fire.

Published in

Title: Landscape values: place and praxis
ISBN: 978-1-908358-43-1
Publisher: Centre for Landscape Studies

Conference

Landscape values: place and praxis

SLU Authors

• Butler, Andrew

  • Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Human Geography


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https://res.slu.se/id/publ/80913