Reflexive Identity Narratives and Regional Legacies

Vainikka, Joni

doi:10.1111/tesg.12118

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“…The requirement to use regionally specific data with European‐wide coverage that is available at the city level comes at a cost, as this does not allow to capture the full complexity of each of the three dimensions, as for instance explained for functional integration in Burger et al . (), for institutional integration in Spaans and Zonneveld () and Cardoso (), or even for cultural integration in Vainikka (), who discusses how regions are culturally constructed. However, it can be argued that the indicators below capture some of their essence and have the advantage of being obtainable for all PURs across Europe, although sometimes only in a laborious way.…”

Section: Research Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond Polycentricity: Does Stronger Integration Between Cities in Polycentric Urban Regions Improve Performance?

Meijers

Hoogerbrugge

Cardoso

2017

Tijd voor Econ & Soc Geog

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A quarter of the European population lives in 'polycentric urban regions' (PURs): clusters of historically and administratively distinct but proximate and well-connected cities of relatively similar size. This paper explores whether tighter integration can increase agglomeration benefits at the PUR-level. We provide the first comprehensive list of European PURs (117 in total), establish their level of functional, institutional and cultural integration and measure whether this affects their performance. 'Performance' is defined as the extent to which urbanisation economies have developed, proxied by the presence of metropolitan functions. In this first-ever cross-sectional analysis of PURs we find that while there is evidence for all dimensions of integration having a positive effect, particularly functional integration has great significance. Regarding institutional integration, it appears that having some form of metropolitan co-operation is more important than its exact shape. Theoretically, our results substantiate the assumption that networks may substitute for proximity.

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Section: Research Approachmentioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond Polycentricity: Does Stronger Integration Between Cities in Polycentric Urban Regions Improve Performance?

Meijers

Hoogerbrugge

Cardoso

2017

Tijd voor Econ & Soc Geog

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“…Claval 2007) is characterized by emphasizing the socially constructed nature of regions (e.g. MacLeod, Jones 2007;Paasi 2010;Jonas 2012;Jones, Woods 2013;Harrison, Grove 2014;Vainikka 2015). The "constructivist" approaches can be traced back to the 1980s.…”

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confidence: 99%

Comparing a hydrodynamic model from fifth generation DTM data and a model from data modified by means of CroSolver tool

Roub¹,

Kurková²,

Hejduk³

et al. 2016

Auc Geographica

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The contemporary regional geography paradigm is characterized by emphasizing the socially constructed nature of regions. However, the discussion on the conceptualization of region is very rich, it does not reach universal conclusion. Such a universal conceptualization is probably neither possible nor desirable. This paper aims to contribute to the ongoing discussion. It examines the various approaches towards region with special focus on the conceptualization of the institutionalization of the region based on the heuristic literature review and it attempts to propose more complex (but not ultimate) theoretical conceptualization of region that should enable to bridge the duality of region; addressed as an "animate", constantly changing, phenomenon which also makes it a resource for regional actors to meet their particular goals, one that people may perceive and feel attached to while further mediating their images thereof. The paper builds upon the Lefebvre's theory of the societal production of space and the Paasi's theory of the institutionalization of region and presents the idea of the societal production of region. It argues that any complex approach to region must incorporate three levels of region: "given" (practice of region), "made" (representation of region) and "perceived" (idea of region). Better understanding of the concept of region is still more necessary and relevant especially due to the increasing pressure on the applicability of regional research. Thus, the paper suggests the closer insight into the interrelation of three mentioned levels of region is crucial from the view of the contemporary state of art. This text is also published in Czech as the official on-line supplement of the article.

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“…Identities and identity discourses become formed as the outcomes of narrative self-reflection (cf. Vainikka, 2015), and in that way narrations work as linguistic strategies through which minority identities become established (Gilmartin and Migge, 2015). In narrative studies mention is often made of Margaret Somers (1994: 606), according to whom social identities are constituted through narratives and narrativity, or to put it another way, for whom narrativity is understood as a condition of social being and identity (Somers, 1994: 616).…”

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Narrativizing (and laughing) spatial identities together in Meänkieli-speaking minorities

Ridanpää

2017

Geoforum

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Highlights• Humor is a creative way to make sense of, produce and contest socio-spatial relations.• For linguistic minorities humor functions as a means to contest hegemonic discourses.• Laughter is a narrative method for approaching spatial identities.• Meänkieli-speaking minorities utilize humor in their language revitalization work. AbstractThis paper scrutinizes how the Meänkieli-speaking minority in The Torne Valley, northern Sweden, use humor in the process of narrativizing their shifting spatial identities, as well as in maintaining and contesting prevailing power relations. A great deal of the research focusing on the social and political nature of humor, and its geographical dimensions, has concerned the humor directed at ethnic and national minorities, with minority groups typically being approached as targets of laughter. However, less interest has been paid to how minorities use and experience humor in their everyday lives and environments. Humor is approached here as an integral part of how people make sense of culture and society in a creative manner and cope with and challenge subordinating power-relations and social inequality. In terms of methodology, laughing together operates as a (research) approach through which spatial identities of linguistic minorities can be renegotiated. The study is based on group discussions held with local culture workers and activists between September 2015 and February 2016 in Swedish Torne Valley. The paper produces new theoretical and empirical knowledge concerning how humor is used in a creative manner to make sense of, produce and contest socio-spatial relations.

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Reflexive Identity Narratives and Regional Legacies

Cited by 18 publications

References 38 publications

Beyond Polycentricity: Does Stronger Integration Between Cities in Polycentric Urban Regions Improve Performance?

Beyond Polycentricity: Does Stronger Integration Between Cities in Polycentric Urban Regions Improve Performance?

Comparing a hydrodynamic model from fifth generation DTM data and a model from data modified by means of CroSolver tool

Narrativizing (and laughing) spatial identities together in Meänkieli-speaking minorities

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