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The spatial dimension of project-making
Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6936-342X
2020 (English)In: Anatomy of a 21st-century sustainability project: The untold stories / [ed] Dymitrow, M. and Ingelhag, K., Göteborg: Chalmers University of Technology and Mistra Urban Futures , 2020, p. 44-53Chapter in book (Refereed)
Sustainable development
SDG 17: Strengthen the means of implementation and revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
Abstract [en]

Understanding the spatial dimension of project-making is important because projects are almost always restricted to a spatial focus – they are being spatialised. There are spatial projects referring to the geographical scale of the project, such as global, local or regional projects. There are spatial projects referring to hierarchies of political entities, such as state, county or municipal projects. There are spatial projects referring to the character and quality of the area of deployment, such as rural, urban or nature projects. There are spatial projects referring to the relations between the involved actors, such as national, international or supranational projects. Finally, there are spatial projects referring to specific administrative or functional units, such as Gothenburg, the City Park, Main Street, Lake Victoria or the Amazon. The question, hence, is less whether projects are spatialised, but why and how. A long history of spatial analyses in scholarly literature reveals the problematic nature of thinking about societal projects in terms of spatial demarcations. Spatial thinking before problem thinking could be described as a form of apophenic or pareidolic perspectivism conditioned by the prevalent culture of spatial planning, which may or may not impair sound diagnosis and intervention. In this chapter, I approach the phenomenon of spatial thinking in the context of project-making from several perspectives, each with its own set of assumptions and hidden problems. The purpose of such an approach is to raise awareness about the complicated role space plays in project-making upon our decisions, actions, and the consequences of those actions.

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Göteborg: Chalmers University of Technology and Mistra Urban Futures , 2020. p. 44-53
Keywords [en]
space, urban, rural, development, projects, projectification, perspectivism, 21st century, sustainability
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Human Geography
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Humanities, Human Geography
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URN: urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-128214ISBN: 9789198416633 (electronic)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:lnu-128214DiVA, id: diva2:1843762
Available from: 2024-03-12 Created: 2024-03-12 Last updated: 2024-04-09Bibliographically approved

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