Degradation, restitution and the elusive culture of rural-urban thinking

Dymitrow, Mirek

doi:10.11143/fennia.60462

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“…This reproduces what Lundmark and others (2023: 169) describe as a "sense of a-spatiality" where the narratives are disconnected from the existing spatialities, and instead contribute to an abstract, imagined a-spatiality. Once again, the emotionally laden rural-urban debate plays out through oscillating discourses of degradation and restitution spun around a familiar development-oriented axis (Dymitrow 2017).…”

Section: Producing a 'New' Norrlandmentioning

confidence: 99%

A world-leading periphery: exploring representations of Northern Sweden in view of its green transition

Persson,

Dymitrow

2024

Fennia

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In pursuit of the EU’s goal to become the world’s first climate neutral region, Northern Sweden is positioned as a centrepiece to the green transition development. Its innovative industries are hailed as crucial, not only for Sweden but for the sustainable future of Europe. Yet, previous research depicts the cultural region of Norrland as an inner periphery of Sweden, subjected to colonization and marginalization. This article delves into this paradox by examining discursive representations of Norrland in light of the current green transition narratives. Utilizing a qualitative research approach, this study employs critical discourse analysis to systematically examine representations from news media, political opinion, and government institutions, uncovering tensions and contradictions within the discourse. The analysis suggests the prevalence of two main themes, construing Norrland simultaneously as the future and as a struggle. By contextualizing these discourses within the concept of peripheralization, this research suggests that the future-oriented representations dominate the current understanding of Norrland, potentially perpetuating patterns of spatial disparities within the region. Thus, this research contributes with an updated understanding of processes of peripheralization under the guise of a green discourse, suggesting that the development in Norrland seems part of a broader narrative aiming to frame Sweden as the world leader within green transition initiatives.

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Section: Producing a 'New' Norrlandmentioning

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A world-leading periphery: exploring representations of Northern Sweden in view of its green transition

Persson,

Dymitrow

2024

Fennia

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“…Culture matters (Hermans & Kempen, 1998;Cote & Levine, 2002;Hansen, 2011;Dymitrow, 2017a). What goes on in people's minds, their outlooks and beliefs is namely "the primary source of social progress or regression" (Hirsi Ali, 2016).…”

Section: The Villain: Culture -And How It Workmentioning

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Atavism, Layering and Subversion: Understanding Great Social Challenges of Today Through the Lens of Cultural Contingents

Dymitrow¹

2019

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Great social challenges of today no longer come one by one. What makes them great is their ever-greater entanglement in one other and across multiple levels, including landscapes, regimes and niches. To this background, a major challenge facing many countries today is how to successfully address issues of interlocking problems of unsustainability caused by cultural contingents. We argue that while the social problems of today have gone wicked, we still imagine them as if they were tame. Tame approaches to wicked problems, in turn, are likely to spawn "wicked solutions", i.e. purported counteractions that are so conceptually unsuitable for the problem at hand that they can even overwhelm the wickedness of the wicked problem. This makes it so much more difficult to resolve. In this paper, we present three conspicuous examples in this dimension: cultural atavism, artificial layering and pathological subversion. We argue that acknowledging wicked solutions as different from wicked problems is a first step to mitigate the daunting effects that may arise when the two intertwine.

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“…The results of field observations show that there is a cultural shift such as signs, meanings and sacredness itself. This change in the values of cultural traditions is a phenomenon that is often found in this digital era so that this can be called Cultural Degradation (Dymitrow, 2017). Based on the results of observations and also a simple questionnaire given to Okokan artists by sampling artists from Sanggar Brahmin shows that 80% of the performing arts of the Okokan Tradition experience shifts and signs and values.…”

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The Legitimacy of Puri Agung Kerambitan Tabanan Towards the Cultural Degradation Crisis of the Okokan Tradition

Wulandari

Bagiarta²,

Dewi³

2022

Sosiohumaniora

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The progress of the times has an impact on the behavior of memory decline regarding culture and profane values so that it has an impact on the ambiguity of the future of culture itself in this case is the tradition of the Okokan performance. This study aims to explore the role of power (legitimacy) of Puri Agung Kerambitan Tabanan on the Okokan Tradition to the cultural degradation that occurred. The method used in this study is a qualitative research method using two types of data sources, namely primary and secondary as well as data collection in the form of observations, interviews and literature studies (literature). Talcot Parson on Structural Functionalism was used in honing this research. Based on the data in the field, it was found that the role of the legitimacy or power of Puri Agung Kerambitan Tabanan was to first form a new group of the young generation of okokan art to be included in every event / activity of the castle. Second, support and take an active role in okokan performing arts groups. This role that has been carried out still requires an understanding strategy to be disseminated to meet the needs disposition. In line with Talcott Parson’s thinking that the disposition of needs can be achieved through a physical system (environment) and a personality system that can be done through socialization in the form of disseminating information through digital media and social control through awig-awig published by stakeholders, both Heritage Village and Puri Agung Kerambitan.

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Degradation, restitution and the elusive culture of rural-urban thinking

Cited by 11 publications

References 21 publications

A world-leading periphery: exploring representations of Northern Sweden in view of its green transition

A world-leading periphery: exploring representations of Northern Sweden in view of its green transition

Atavism, Layering and Subversion: Understanding Great Social Challenges of Today Through the Lens of Cultural Contingents

The Legitimacy of Puri Agung Kerambitan Tabanan Towards the Cultural Degradation Crisis of the Okokan Tradition

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