The role of (de-)essentialisation within siting conflicts: An interdisciplinary approach

Batel, Susana; Devine‐Wright, Patrick; Wold, Line Camilla; Egeland, Helene; Jacobsen, Gerd Blindheim; Aas, Øystein

doi:10.1016/j.jenvp.2015.10.004

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“…We versus Them (e.g., 11,13,21,29) We as members of groups with distinct degrees of inclusiveness (e.g., 3,6,23) The use of different scales of emplacement of the discourses (e.g., 6,8) Note. a Concrete examples and more detailed definitions and discussions of these analytical tools can be found in the numbered referencessee references listidentified in Tables 1 and 2 (The list of references does not intend to be exhaustive).…”

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“…What for? (e.g., 16,25,32) Renaming (e.g., we are not NIMBYs, we are custodians of this area) (e.g., 8) Are certain grammatical forms (adverbs, adjectives, interjections, etc.) used for pushing contents away from self or to bring them close to self?…”

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“…used for pushing contents away from self or to bring them close to self? (e.g., 8,32) Discursive polyphasia (e.g., 5,18,30,34) Normative and functional dimensions of representation/ abstract versus concrete (e.g., 11,27) Different subject positions (e.g., 1,29,31,36,37) How does ideology work? How are hegemonic meaning categories present in everyday discourses?…”

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Reopening the dialogue between the theory of social representations and discursive psychology for examining the construction and transformation of meaning in discourse and communication

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The theory of social representations (TSR) and discursive psychology (DP) originated as different social psychological approaches and have at times been presented as incompatible. However, along the years convergence has also been acknowledged, and, lately, most of all, practised. With this paper, we discuss how versions of TSR focusing on self-other relations for examining cultural meaning systems in/through communication, and versions of DP focusing on discourse at cultural, ideological, and interactional levels, can come together. The goal is to help forge a stronger social-psychological exploration of how meaning is constructed and transformed in and through language, discourse, and communication, thus extending current understanding of social change. After presenting a theoretical proposal for integrating those versions of TSR and DP, we offer also an integrated analytical strategy. We suggest that together these proposals can, on one hand, help TSR systematize analyses of social change that are both more critical and better grounded in theorizations of language use, and, on the other, provide DP with analytical tools able to better examine both the relational contexts where the construction and transformation of meaning are performed and their effects on discourse. Finally, we give some illustrations of the use of this analytical strategy.

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Section: Articulating Dp and Tsr: Shared Assumptions And Complementarmentioning

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“…Both the emotional value of familiar places and collective action for ecological conservation have remained topics of geographical research and debate in the 20 years since Crouch and Matless’ paper was published (Devine‐Wright, ). Local belonging and place have been the subject of ongoing critical debate about the value of parochialism.…”

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“…Interconnection and interdependence were thought to be best understood by picking up the trace of global processes in local environments. Reflecting Crouch and Matless's (1996) identification of a contradictory politics of place evident within Parish Maps that encompasses both radical and reactionary, research has revealed how sense of place has been drawn on to protest against proposals for "development" that are regarded as destroying local place character and "industrialising" rural landscapes (Escobar, 2001;Dalby & Mackenzie, 1997;Garavan, 2007;Devine-Wright & Howes, 2010;Murphy & Smith, 2013;Batel & Devine-Wright, 2015). 2 Conceiving parochialism as a means to collectively assert ecological concerns is both timely and pressing.…”

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“Positive parochialism”, local belonging and ecological concerns: Revisiting Common Ground's Parish Maps project

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2018

Trans Inst British Geog

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Scepticism about the value of parochialism and local belonging has been a persistent feature of geographical scholarship, which has advocated a relational account of place and a cosmopolitan worldview. This paper revisits the Parish Maps project that was instigated in 1987 by UK arts and environment charity Common Ground, which led to the creation of thousands of maps across the UK and beyond, and was appraised in 1996 by Crouch and Matless in this journal. Drawing on archival materials and in‐depth interviews, we examine the legacy of the project. We argue that Common Ground's vision for Parish Maps represents a “positive parochialism” that confidently asserts the validity of the parish without retreating towards insularity. We complicate this by revealing diverse ways that communities took up Common Ground's vision. We conclude by arguing that the view of parochialism manifest by Parish Maps offers a foundation for ecological concern that remains relevant today, with places offering the potential for solidarities that bring together local and incomer. This “positive parochialism” disturbs assumptions that local attachments are necessarily exclusive and indicates the unresolved challenge of finding ways to realise the value of affect and creative environmental engagement in wider policy and land‐use planning.

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The role of (de-)essentialisation within siting conflicts: An interdisciplinary approach

Cited by 63 publications

References 57 publications

Reopening the dialogue between the theory of social representations and discursive psychology for examining the construction and transformation of meaning in discourse and communication

Reopening the dialogue between the theory of social representations and discursive psychology for examining the construction and transformation of meaning in discourse and communication

“Positive parochialism”, local belonging and ecological concerns: Revisiting Common Ground's Parish Maps project

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