Path Dependence and New Paths in Regional Evolution: In Search of the Role of Culture

Cooke, Philip; Rehfeld, Dieter

doi:10.1080/09654313.2011.618685

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“…While recognizing the steering attempts of urban regime actors, this perspective acknowledges especially for the time-and space-specific constituents of everyday practices as equally basic conditions for system innovations [106]. Hence, differences between places in terms of discourses, cultural frames and identity result to be critical factors for transition governance that require attention through foresight, community participation and empowerment approaches [107][108][109][110]. The case of the UK Transition Town movement and its diffusion has received much attention from this perspective, giving rise to critical questions regarding transition visions, politics and culture [111][112][113].…”

Section: Urban Studies Engaging With Systemic Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Cities and Systemic Change for Sustainability: Prevailing Epistemologies and an Emerging Research Agenda

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Abstract:Cities are key for sustainability and the radical systemic changes required to enable equitable human development within planetary boundaries. Their particular role in this regard has become the subject of an emerging and highly interdisciplinary scientific debate. Drawing on a qualitative literature review, this paper identifies and scrutinizes the principal fields involved, asking for their respective normative orientation, interdisciplinary constitution, theories and methods used, and empirical basis to provide orientations for future research. It recognizes four salient research epistemologies, each focusing on a distinct combination of drivers of change: (A) transforming urban metabolisms and political ecologies; (B) configuring urban innovation systems for green economies; (C) building adaptive urban communities and ecosystems; and (D) empowering urban grassroots niches and social innovation. The findings suggest that future research directed at cities and systemic change towards sustainability should (1) explore interrelations between the above epistemologies, using relational geography and governance theory as boundary areas; (2) conceive of cities as places shaped by and shaping interactions between multiple socio-technical and social-ecological systems; (3) focus on agency across systems and drivers of change, and develop corresponding approaches for intervention and experimentation; and (4) rebalance the empirical basis and methods employed, strengthening transdisciplinarity in particular.

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Section: Urban Studies Engaging With Systemic Changementioning

confidence: 99%

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2016

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“…They often form part of the employees' tacit knowledge (Cooke, 1996;; Polanyi, 1966), which is attached to regional settings, understandings, working traditions, and cultures. Therefore, tacit knowledge is rather difficult to transfer from region to region if the two areas do not form part of the same regional frame and culture (Cooke & Rehfeld, 2011;; see also chapter 8). Following Polanyi (1966), tacit knowledge is linked to single individuals in regard to their background and experience.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Several studies have shown that cultural conditions are part of regional innovative capacity (Cooke & Rehfeld, 2011). Here culture is understood as common values, traditions and economic and social paths.…”

Section: The Model Of Long--term Regional Human Capital Strategiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Details of this approach are shown in Cooke and Rehfeld (2011). The first two frames: the ethnic frame and the landscape frame, relate to socio-cultural and geographical backgrounds.…”

Section: Regional Culture and Cultural Framesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Especially regional frames grounded in regional culture (Cooke & Rehfeld, 2011;; Goffman, 1974) that are regarded as schematic and interpretive frameworks can help actors to understand actions and constellations of a particular situations, to act in more solution-oriented way.…”

Section: Importance Of Cultural Aspects To Structural Changementioning

confidence: 99%

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