Barron, Elizabeth S. and Hartman, Laura and Aagaard Hagemann, Frederik
(2020).
From place to emplacement: the scalar politics of sustainability.
Local Environment. 25
, 447-462
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Abstract
Sustainability has emerged as a central concept for discussing the current state of the human-environment system and planning for its future. To delve into the depths of sustainability means to talk about ecology, economy, and equity as fundamentally interconnected. However, each continues to be colonised by normative epistemologies of ecological sciences, neoclassical economics, and development, suggesting that with enough science and development, a more equitable sustainability is achievable. In our analysis, place emerges as an alternative epistemology through which to analyze sustainability. Place exists at multiple spatial and temporal scales, understood through direct observation of boundaries, processes and patterns, phenomenologically through individual experience, and as a complex hybrid: always emerging through interactions among individuals and institutions. Despite the ubiquity of place in the socio-ecological literature, the complexity of place in relation to sustainability is under-theorised, and in as much as sustainability happens or does not happen in real places rather than in policies and models, a place-based sustainability framework is necessary to move forward. To address this gap, we developed the emplacement framework, consisting of four domains: displacement, misplacement, replacement, and emplacement. Each domain is dynamic, constructing place as praxis, and reframing sustainability as a site of collective inquiry and choices. Our goal is to facilitate the active and on-going practices of place-based research and engagement among scholars, activists, and other community members by providing a structure for transdisciplinary dialogue and the application of transdisciplinary research to enable better decision-making.
Authors/Creators: | Barron, Elizabeth S. and Hartman, Laura and Aagaard Hagemann, Frederik | ||||||
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Title: | From place to emplacement: the scalar politics of sustainability | ||||||
Series Name/Journal: | Local Environment | ||||||
Year of publishing : | 2020 | ||||||
Volume: | 25 | ||||||
Page range: | 447-462 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 16 | ||||||
ISSN: | 1354-9839 | ||||||
Language: | English | ||||||
Publication Type: | Research article | ||||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
Version: | Published version | ||||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 | ||||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 5 Social Sciences > 507 Social and Economic Geography > Human Geography | ||||||
Keywords: | Community, place, sustainability, emplacement, development | ||||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-112194 | ||||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-112194 | ||||||
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ID Code: | 24525 | ||||||
Faculty: | LTV - Fakulteten för landskapsarkitektur, trädgårds- och växtproduktionsvetenskap | ||||||
Department: | (LTJ, LTV) > Department of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management | ||||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
Deposited On: | 14 Jun 2021 07:23 | ||||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 15 Jun 2021 21:47 |
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