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What We Talk About When We Talk About Housing. A study of the urban housing landscape discourses in Malmö, and their consequences.

Estigarribia, Jessica LU (2021) SGEK03 20202
Department of Human Geography
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the present discourses surrounding the urban housing landscape in Malmö, and how they are in tension with each other. Further, how they affect public actors, private actors, and residents. This is done by gathering material from a public, private, and residential perspective, and employing critical discourse analysis. The material is gathered through semi-structured interviews and open-ended questionnaires, with Malmö Municipality, BID Malmö, and residents from two Malmö neighbourhoods; Limhamn and Sofielund. The analysis is contextualised by theories on economic power, the right to the city, and the landscape concept. The results show a strong neoliberal discourse dominating the urban housing... (More)
The purpose of this study is to investigate the present discourses surrounding the urban housing landscape in Malmö, and how they are in tension with each other. Further, how they affect public actors, private actors, and residents. This is done by gathering material from a public, private, and residential perspective, and employing critical discourse analysis. The material is gathered through semi-structured interviews and open-ended questionnaires, with Malmö Municipality, BID Malmö, and residents from two Malmö neighbourhoods; Limhamn and Sofielund. The analysis is contextualised by theories on economic power, the right to the city, and the landscape concept. The results show a strong neoliberal discourse dominating the urban housing discussion, with consequences such as residents experiencing little power to affect the urban changes, and the private and public actors assigning residents with no power to do so. When discourses are in tension, it is frequently a result of presenting the neoliberal capitalist market as a force of nature while simultaneously valuing collectivity. This paper provides a better understanding of the discursive tendencies at play in the Malmö housing landscape, and how they are affecting these actors both in material and symbolic ways. (Less)
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Estigarribia, Jessica LU
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SGEK03 20202
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
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critical discourse analysis, urban housing landscape, Malmö
language
English
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9035077
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2021-01-21 12:26:09
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2021-01-21 12:26:09
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this study is to investigate the present discourses surrounding the urban housing landscape in Malmö, and how they are in tension with each other. Further, how they affect public actors, private actors, and residents. This is done by gathering material from a public, private, and residential perspective, and employing critical discourse analysis. The material is gathered through semi-structured interviews and open-ended questionnaires, with Malmö Municipality, BID Malmö, and residents from two Malmö neighbourhoods; Limhamn and Sofielund. The analysis is contextualised by theories on economic power, the right to the city, and the landscape concept. The results show a strong neoliberal discourse dominating the urban housing discussion, with consequences such as residents experiencing little power to affect the urban changes, and the private and public actors assigning residents with no power to do so. When discourses are in tension, it is frequently a result of presenting the neoliberal capitalist market as a force of nature while simultaneously valuing collectivity. This paper provides a better understanding of the discursive tendencies at play in the Malmö housing landscape, and how they are affecting these actors both in material and symbolic ways.}},
  author       = {{Estigarribia, Jessica}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{What We Talk About When We Talk About Housing. A study of the urban housing landscape discourses in Malmö, and their consequences.}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}