Assets and assemblage in the global countryside

Woods, Michael

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“…Case Study Profiles "An estate is not an island but a jigsaw" (Glass, et al, 2013, p. 222) This chapter introduces case study examples of private estates practising game management in England and Wales. The cases merge fiction and fact, protecting field site anonymity (Warner, 2018), while providing tangible examples of how private estate game management can be structured, re-structured and resist processes of transformation within the wider sphere of the estate and rural (DeLanda, 2006(DeLanda, , 2016Woods, 2017).…”

Section: Chapter Summary: Bringing the Questionnaire Results Togethermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Assemblages are composed of heterogeneous elements working together, with the elements linked relationally by different effects (Anderson & McFarlane, 2011). Each element can be part of multiple assemblages through different social, cultural, political, and economic relations (Deleuze & Guattari, 1987;Woods, 2017). It is these relations, commonly referred to as 'relations of exteriority' which are relied upon to provide meaning (ibid).…”

Section: Methodological Framework: Assemblage Thinkingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As Rural Geography has developed, discourses have been reframed through a more critical lens, assessing the influence of flows through and beyond the boundary of rural spaces and society (Woods, 2007(Woods, , 2011(Woods, , 2017. Such change today prompts scholars to argue for rurality (plural) to be understood as webs of imagined, subjective and socialcultural constructions.…”

Section: Relational Rural Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The assemblage approach has been applied to analyse changes to place, such as the shifts in relations of "power, resource[s], and knowledge" (McFarlane, 2011, p. 655) between components. Additionally, assemblage thinking has been used to understand places themselves as assemblages, with various components interacting to form a particular place (Woods, 2017). It has also been widely applied in urban studies (DeLanda, 2016;McFarlane, 2011;Parker, 2009;Rosin et al, 2013), and now there is also a growing body of research focused on its application in a rural context (Hollander, 2010;Jones et al, 2019;Law & Mol, 2008;Murray Li, 2007;Sutherland & Calo, 2020;Woods, 2015bWoods, , 2015a.…”

Section: 23c Use Of Assemblage Thinking For Rural Place Relationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Additionally, assemblage thinking has been used to understand places themselves as assemblages, with various components interacting to form a particular place (Woods, 2017). It has also been widely applied in urban studies (DeLanda, 2016;McFarlane, 2011;Parker, 2009;Rosin et al, 2013), and now there is also a growing body of research focused on its application in a rural context (Hollander, 2010;Jones et al, 2019;Law & Mol, 2008;Murray Li, 2007;Sutherland & Calo, 2020;Woods, 2015bWoods, , 2015a. Woods (2015a) as one example, explores how external forces such as globalisation and environmentalism has changed the cultural, social, and economic value of regional Cod outports within both Newfoundland and Queenstown.…”

Section: 23c Use Of Assemblage Thinking For Rural Place Relationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Reconfiguring the place of estate-based game management: challenge, change and opportunity within rural England and Wales today

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Rural land use in the UK is currently undergoing a significant transition, prompting a reevaluation of its purpose and beneficiaries. As a key component of this transition, game management claims to occupy over two-thirds of the UK's rural land mass and annually contributes several billion (GBP) to the economy. Despite this, the subject has remained a taboo within rural and cultural studies, with little attention paid to organised game management within private landed estates. Existing literature is often outdated, spatially biased towards Scotland's larger case examples, or overly focused on environmental or economic accounts. This empirically-driven and culturally-engaged thesis explores driven game management within English and Welsh private estates. The study aims to enhance understanding of those who manage land for this purpose and address key questions about the existence of such spatial configurations, as well as the challenges and opportunities they face. The research employs assemblage thinking as a methodological framework, using a two-fold approach referring to (1) rural stakeholder and estate-based questionnaire surveys and (2) an in-depth thematic exploration of estate case studies.The results show that despite some fluctuations, private estates and key game management actors continue to redefine value and meaning in a contemporary context. Key adaptations include strategic moves to provide and further develop estate-based activities and diversification, while retaining significant levels of game management. The research also highlights multifaceted threats and questions the succession of some forms of game management.

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Section: Chapter Summary: Bringing the Questionnaire Results Togethermentioning

confidence: 99%