"There is always a reverse of a medal" A narrative approach to area designations, farming and tourism in Geiranger, western Norway
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Rapport 9/08 Norsk senter for bygdeforskning. 125 p. Norsk senter for bygdeforskning, 2008Sammendrag
This report is a slightly revised version of my master's thesis in Development studies. I
approach the interplay between farming and tourism in the Norwegian countryside using
narrative and discourse analysis. Geiranger has survived on a combination of farming and
tourism for more than a century. However, more recently, the area has been protected as a
Landscape Protected Area and obtained World Heritage Status. These designations
constitute interesting additional factors affecting the interplay between the sectors.
More specifically, I assess the narratives of different actor groups related to the field I am
studying. Furthermore, I compare the identified narratives to each other and link them to
broader environmental discourses. The study is done within a framework of political
ecology.
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