The Recent Resurgence of Multiple-Use in the Swedish Forestry Discourse

Abstract

Multiple-use forestry has gained increasing emphasis in forestry discourse in recent years. This article examines how multiple-use forestry has been perceived among Swedish forest actors. Halsey's interpretation on 'modalities of nature' is used to address the tension and relations among various actors and the unfolding processes of becoming. Drawn on semi-structured interviews, we suggest seeing multiple-use forestry as a site for ideas and ideologies to collide, confluence and collaborate. We draw attention to interview materials that address the 'modalities of nature' where vision, naming, speed and affect all contribute to the becoming of multiple-use forestry. We thus show how multiple-use forestry has been used as a political concept and address the potentially creative and constructive relations generated by the forest users.

Keywords

Forest actors; modalities of nature; multiple-use forestry; processes of becoming; qualitative methods; Sweden

Published in

Society and Natural Resources
2022, volume: 35, number: 4, pages: 430-446

SLU Authors

• Zhang, Jasmine

  • Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Forest Science

Publication identifier

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2022.2025550

Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/115829