Lay discourses of the rural: Developments and implications for rural studies

Jones, Owain

doi:10.1016/0743-0167(94)00057-g

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“…For Halfacree, social representations of rurality are "an amalgam of personal experiences and 'traditional' handed-down beliefs propagated through literature, the media, the state, family, friends and 70/133 institutions" (Halfacree 1993: 33). In a related approach, Jones (1995) and Svendsen (2004) have studied the discourses of the rural as cultural frameworks of meaning through which the rural is produced and reproduced. It has been noted that these have "a constitutive power" (Jones 1995: 36) over their object.…”

Section: Rural Representations and Rural Idyllmentioning

confidence: 99%

Images Of A Good Village: A Visual Analysis Of The Rural Idyll In The “Village Of The Year” Competition In The Czech Republic

Pospěch

Spěšná

Staveník

2015

European Countryside

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This paper presents a sociological analysis of the image of a "good village", as portrayed in the annual Czech competition Village of the Year. It focuses on the positive representations attached to the rural in the political and expert discourse. The analysis is rooted in cultural rural sociology and in its study of rural idyll. It is argued that a specific kind of rural idyll is produced in the competition. This idyll is analysed using the photographs submitted to the competition by the villages themselves. A combination of visual methods is employed to uncover the positive values attached to the images. The results show that activity and social life play a key role in the image of a "good village" thus produced. On the other hand, there are virtually no references to agriculture.Keywords: Village, rural, village of the year, representations, visual images, Czech Republic Abstrakt: Tento text sociologicky zkoumá obraz "dobré vesnice" v soutěži Vesnice roku, pořádané každoročně v ČR. Jeho cílem je zjistit, jaké pozitivní hodnoty jsou spjaty s venkovem v současném politicko-expertním diskurzu. Analýza vychází z kulturně orientované rurální sociologie a z jejího zaměření na venkovskou idylu. Text předestírá různé formy venkovské idyly a představuje ideál "Vesnice roku" jako svého druhu idylu, soubor pozitivních obrazů venkova. Empirická část shrnuje výsledky vizuální analýzy fotografií, které obce do soutěže zasílají. Kombinací výzkumných technik identifikujeme obsah fotografií a pozitivní hodnoty s ním spjaté. Výsledky ukazují, že "dobrá vesnice" v soutěži znamená především vesnice s aktivním společenským životem. Naopak vůbec zde není zastoupen obraz zemědělství.

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Section: Rural Representations and Rural Idyllmentioning

confidence: 99%

Images Of A Good Village: A Visual Analysis Of The Rural Idyll In The “Village Of The Year” Competition In The Czech Republic

Pospěch

Spěšná

Staveník

2015

European Countryside

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“…In addition, these views and concerns differ between time and place, which makes it even more difficult to evaluate what the general public considers acceptable or unacceptable in modern (animal) farming and why (Hall et al 2004). Equally, many people lack information or experience about farming and live far from the reality of present-day farming, although this does not mean that they are unwilling to or incapable of discussing the real dilemmas that exist in farming (Jones 1995;Macnaghten 2004). The present study aims at gaining a deeper understanding of the acceptance, or lack thereof, of modern dairy farming in Dutch society.…”

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confidence: 99%

Social Acceptance of Dairy Farming: The Ambivalence Between the Two Faces of Modernity

Boogaard

Bock

Oosting

et al. 2010

J Agric Environ Ethics

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Society's relationship with modern animal farming is an ambivalent one: on the one hand there is rising criticism about modern animal farming; on the other hand people appreciate certain aspects of it, such as increased food safety and low food prices. This ambivalence reflects the two faces of modernity: the negative (exploitation of nature and loss of traditions) and the positive (progress, convenience, and efficiency). This article draws on a national survey carried out in the Netherlands that aimed at gaining a deeper understanding about the acceptance of modern dairy farming in Dutch society. People take two dimensions into account when evaluating different aspects of modern dairy farming: (1) the way living beings are used for production and (2) the way a dairy farm functions as a business. In both these dimensions people appeared to adopt cautious opinions: most people preferred relatively traditional and natural farms and were concerned about the use of nature and treatment of animals in modern production-although this did not imply an outright rejection of modern animal farming. The study also looked for (and sought to explain) differences of opinion between social groups. Besides sociodemographic factors such as age and gender, farming experience and valueorientation (such as socially minded and professional) appeared to be important variables. The values and convictions within modern society can help to explain why some people are greatly concerned about animal welfare while some show less concern. This diversity also helps to explain why general information campaigns are quite ineffective in allaying concerns about modern animal farming.

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“…Jones (1995) suggests that close attention should be paid to how lay narratives and policy/expert discourses link conceptually. This perspective recognises the legitimacy of 'local knowledge' against that of the modernist tradition of universalising, academic knowledge.…”

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Industrially Harvested Peatlands and After-use Potential: Understanding Local Stakeholder Narratives and Landscape Preferences

Collier

Scott

2008

Landscape Research

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Recent years have witnessed much debate on the turn towards community within landscape management and planning. This is particularly evident in the European Landscape Convention which asserts the legitimacy of local preferences and citizen involvement in policy processes. This paper explores a bottom-up perspective on people-place relationships in a changing landscape, through assessing the after-use potential of industrially mined peatlands in Ireland and the rehabilitation of degraded landscapes. The mining of the peatland resource has a longstanding tradition in Ireland, however, significant attention has now focused on exploring market and non-market uses of remains after harvesting has finished resulting in a cutaway landscape. We argue that local people's everyday experiences of the landscape is a legitimate form of knowledge and should provide a key input into deliberative planning and management processes. Drawing largely on an interpretive research approach, we assess key local narratives in relation to harvested peatland landscapes and explore local people's after-use preferences. There appears to be strong support among the local community for amenity/biodiversity after-uses, which are currently not reflected in public policy debates. We review people-place relationships and discuss the role of ethnographic research in a peatland context as well as defining the relevant stakeholders. Finally, conclusions are developed to identify wider lessons for people/place relationships within the context of landscape management and planning.

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Lay discourses of the rural: Developments and implications for rural studies

Cited by 189 publications

References 15 publications

Images Of A Good Village: A Visual Analysis Of The Rural Idyll In The “Village Of The Year” Competition In The Czech Republic

Images Of A Good Village: A Visual Analysis Of The Rural Idyll In The “Village Of The Year” Competition In The Czech Republic

Social Acceptance of Dairy Farming: The Ambivalence Between the Two Faces of Modernity

Industrially Harvested Peatlands and After-use Potential: Understanding Local Stakeholder Narratives and Landscape Preferences

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