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Öresundsregion - bli till! : De geografiska visionernas diskursiva rytm

Ek, Richard LU (2003) In Meddelanden från Lunds universitets geografiska institution. Avhandlingar 146.
Abstract
This thesis is about how geographical visions worked as discursive tools in the institutionalisation of the Öresund Region.



The geographical vision is defined as a cognitive set of imagined and material pictures of the future structured as a spatial whole. The geographical vision is, in addition to this, a spaceconfiguration-, power-, and disciplinary - instrument, and, the product of a discursive process of struggle/negotiation over competing understandings of how a specific territorial timespace should be shaped in the future. Three geographical visions in the discourse of the Öresund Region are deconstructed and critically discussed, presented as storylines:



-The r/evolution of regional... (More)
This thesis is about how geographical visions worked as discursive tools in the institutionalisation of the Öresund Region.



The geographical vision is defined as a cognitive set of imagined and material pictures of the future structured as a spatial whole. The geographical vision is, in addition to this, a spaceconfiguration-, power-, and disciplinary - instrument, and, the product of a discursive process of struggle/negotiation over competing understandings of how a specific territorial timespace should be shaped in the future. Three geographical visions in the discourse of the Öresund Region are deconstructed and critically discussed, presented as storylines:



-The r/evolution of regional organisms



-The "high-speed" region



-The social integration over the Sound, or, the political disciplinary project (Less)
Abstract (Swedish)
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Avhandlingens syfte är att kartlägga och analysera hur geografiska visioner utgjort diskursiva redskap i en specifik framtidsorienterad process, institutionaliseringen av Öresundsregionen.
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  • Jensen, Ole B.
organization
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Thesis
publication status
published
subject
keywords
power, discouse, institutions, arena, metaphors, Oresund region, Social geography, region, visions, space, region, arena, Socialgeografi
in
Meddelanden från Lunds universitets geografiska institution. Avhandlingar
volume
146
pages
666 pages
publisher
Department of Service Management, Lund University
defense location
Sölvegatan 13 2nd floor
defense date
2003-04-29 10:00:00
ISSN
0346-6787
ISBN
91-973856-5-4
language
Swedish
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yes
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<br/><br>
The geographical vision is defined as a cognitive set of imagined and material pictures of the future structured as a spatial whole. The geographical vision is, in addition to this, a spaceconfiguration-, power-, and disciplinary - instrument, and, the product of a discursive process of struggle/negotiation over competing understandings of how a specific territorial timespace should be shaped in the future. Three geographical visions in the discourse of the Öresund Region are deconstructed and critically discussed, presented as storylines:<br/><br>
<br/><br>
-The r/evolution of regional organisms<br/><br>
<br/><br>
-The "high-speed" region<br/><br>
<br/><br>
-The social integration over the Sound, or, the political disciplinary project}},
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  title        = {{Öresundsregion - bli till! : De geografiska visionernas diskursiva rytm}},
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