“…Despite globalisation‐related developments, Escobar's understanding of the local emphasises spatial reference when he describes place as an ‘experience of a particular location with some measure of groundedness (however unstable), senses of boundaries (however permeable), and connection to everyday life, even if its identity is constructed, traversed by power, and never fixed’ (Escobar : 140). The local thus constitutes a concrete context of practical appropriation, interpretation and transformation of socio‐cultural discourses, ideas and practices that have their roots in global, regional and local interests, traditions and actors (see also Halbmayer and Karl : 22).…”