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The naturalization of the urban and corporate logic : how the sacred waters of Lund, Sweden, progressed into a toxic sludge hole

Lövgren, Mikael LU (2020) HEKM51 20201
Human Geography
Human Ecology
Abstract
In this study a landscape is interpreted from an analytical and binary theoretical framework in order to contrast and extract different social formations that have been conducive to its creation. The landscape in question is a contemporary park found in Lund, Sweden, in the province of Skåne. Lurking beneath the spatial scenery of the park, histories of transgressed and repressed social formations are found. Stories that are buried in the depth of this landscape include a landfill, a commons, that was enclosed, and a sacred water that later was transformed into something very close to a flush toilet for the globally expanding local industries. According to some philologists this toxic sludge hole is synonymous with the wellspring of Lund.... (More)
In this study a landscape is interpreted from an analytical and binary theoretical framework in order to contrast and extract different social formations that have been conducive to its creation. The landscape in question is a contemporary park found in Lund, Sweden, in the province of Skåne. Lurking beneath the spatial scenery of the park, histories of transgressed and repressed social formations are found. Stories that are buried in the depth of this landscape include a landfill, a commons, that was enclosed, and a sacred water that later was transformed into something very close to a flush toilet for the globally expanding local industries. According to some philologists this toxic sludge hole is synonymous with the wellspring of Lund. The crucial point of this study is that ideas materialize in the landscape. Some of these are seemingly prone to stability and justice, whilst others are seemingly prone to risk and unfettered capital accumulation. History has morally vilified both types. (Less)
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author
Lövgren, Mikael LU
supervisor
organization
course
HEKM51 20201
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Commons, Sacred waters, Enclosure, Lund University, Rausing dynasty, Landfill workers of Lund, Moral economies
language
English
id
9026480
date added to LUP
2020-09-11 09:08:29
date last changed
2020-09-11 09:08:29
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  abstract     = {{In this study a landscape is interpreted from an analytical and binary theoretical framework in order to contrast and extract different social formations that have been conducive to its creation. The landscape in question is a contemporary park found in Lund, Sweden, in the province of Skåne. Lurking beneath the spatial scenery of the park, histories of transgressed and repressed social formations are found. Stories that are buried in the depth of this landscape include a landfill, a commons, that was enclosed, and a sacred water that later was transformed into something very close to a flush toilet for the globally expanding local industries. According to some philologists this toxic sludge hole is synonymous with the wellspring of Lund. The crucial point of this study is that ideas materialize in the landscape. Some of these are seemingly prone to stability and justice, whilst others are seemingly prone to risk and unfettered capital accumulation. History has morally vilified both types.}},
  author       = {{Lövgren, Mikael}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The naturalization of the urban and corporate logic : how the sacred waters of Lund, Sweden, progressed into a toxic sludge hole}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}