Kollektiv identitet och bevarandestrategier i Malmberget : En studie om samhällsomvandlingen i Gällivare kommun

Focusing on the town of Malmberget in northern Sweden, this study addresses the relationship between place, identity formation and social transformation among mining communities. Due to an expanding mining area, the town is being gradually demolished and remaining inhabitants will eventually have to...

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Main Author: Hedermo, Viktor
Format: Bachelor Thesis
Language:Swedish
Published: Stockholms universitet, Sociologiska institutionen 2018
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spelling ftstockholmuniv:oai:DiVA.org:su-155368 2023-05-15T16:19:30+02:00 Kollektiv identitet och bevarandestrategier i Malmberget : En studie om samhällsomvandlingen i Gällivare kommun Hedermo, Viktor 2018 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-155368 swe swe Stockholms universitet, Sociologiska institutionen http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-155368 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess collective identity Gällivare Malmberget mining society place place identity preservation strategies urban transformation Sociology Sociologi Student thesis info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis text 2018 ftstockholmuniv 2023-02-23T21:39:37Z Focusing on the town of Malmberget in northern Sweden, this study addresses the relationship between place, identity formation and social transformation among mining communities. Due to an expanding mining area, the town is being gradually demolished and remaining inhabitants will eventually have to be relocated. Concurrently, urban expansion plans are underway in the neighboring town of Gällivare. The aim of the study is to examine whether and how collective forms of identity are constructed in relation to Malmberget as place. What are the main values underlying such collective identity and are they being taken into considerations in the expansion plans? The study also examines if and how any attempts to preservation have been made in response to the demolition and redevelopment. The study is primarily based on interviews with inhabitants of Malmberget. It also draws on qualitative content analysis of documents on the expansions plans. As the study focuses on notions of place and collective identity, in its theoretical framework Lefebvre’s spatial triad is combined with a phenomenological approach of place and Jenkins’ conceptualisation of collective identity. The findings suggest that there exists a collective ‘Malmberget identity’ consisting of certain values connected to place relations and community history. Some aspects of these values have implicitly been taken into considerations in the expansion plans in Gällivare, but far from all of them. The study also shows how interviewees have enacted preservation strategies as a way to cope with the urban transformation and to protect their shared collective identity. Bachelor Thesis Gällivare Malmberget Northern Sweden Stockholm University: Publications (DiVA) Gällivare ENVELOPE(20.660,20.660,67.132,67.132) Gällivare kommun ENVELOPE(19.708,19.708,67.393,67.393)
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topic collective identity
Gällivare
Malmberget
mining society
place
place identity
preservation strategies
urban transformation
Sociology
Sociologi
spellingShingle collective identity
Gällivare
Malmberget
mining society
place
place identity
preservation strategies
urban transformation
Sociology
Sociologi
Hedermo, Viktor
Kollektiv identitet och bevarandestrategier i Malmberget : En studie om samhällsomvandlingen i Gällivare kommun
topic_facet collective identity
Gällivare
Malmberget
mining society
place
place identity
preservation strategies
urban transformation
Sociology
Sociologi
description Focusing on the town of Malmberget in northern Sweden, this study addresses the relationship between place, identity formation and social transformation among mining communities. Due to an expanding mining area, the town is being gradually demolished and remaining inhabitants will eventually have to be relocated. Concurrently, urban expansion plans are underway in the neighboring town of Gällivare. The aim of the study is to examine whether and how collective forms of identity are constructed in relation to Malmberget as place. What are the main values underlying such collective identity and are they being taken into considerations in the expansion plans? The study also examines if and how any attempts to preservation have been made in response to the demolition and redevelopment. The study is primarily based on interviews with inhabitants of Malmberget. It also draws on qualitative content analysis of documents on the expansions plans. As the study focuses on notions of place and collective identity, in its theoretical framework Lefebvre’s spatial triad is combined with a phenomenological approach of place and Jenkins’ conceptualisation of collective identity. The findings suggest that there exists a collective ‘Malmberget identity’ consisting of certain values connected to place relations and community history. Some aspects of these values have implicitly been taken into considerations in the expansion plans in Gällivare, but far from all of them. The study also shows how interviewees have enacted preservation strategies as a way to cope with the urban transformation and to protect their shared collective identity.
format Bachelor Thesis
author Hedermo, Viktor
author_facet Hedermo, Viktor
author_sort Hedermo, Viktor
title Kollektiv identitet och bevarandestrategier i Malmberget : En studie om samhällsomvandlingen i Gällivare kommun
title_short Kollektiv identitet och bevarandestrategier i Malmberget : En studie om samhällsomvandlingen i Gällivare kommun
title_full Kollektiv identitet och bevarandestrategier i Malmberget : En studie om samhällsomvandlingen i Gällivare kommun
title_fullStr Kollektiv identitet och bevarandestrategier i Malmberget : En studie om samhällsomvandlingen i Gällivare kommun
title_full_unstemmed Kollektiv identitet och bevarandestrategier i Malmberget : En studie om samhällsomvandlingen i Gällivare kommun
title_sort kollektiv identitet och bevarandestrategier i malmberget : en studie om samhällsomvandlingen i gällivare kommun
publisher Stockholms universitet, Sociologiska institutionen
publishDate 2018
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