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- Andresen, Edith, 1960-, et al.
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Nära ekonomiska nätverksrelationer
- 2015
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Ingår i: Trovärdighet och förtroende i ekonomiska relationer. - Lund : Studentlitteratur AB. - 9789144106144 ; , s. 201-217
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- Aronsson, Lars, 1955-, et al.
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Plats för kreativitet?
- 2011
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Ingår i: Kreativitet på plats. - Karlstad : Karlstad University Press. - 9789186637026 ; , s. 9-26
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- Aronsson, Lars, 1955-, et al.
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Värmlands framtida utveckling?
- 2012
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Ingår i: Värmländska landskap. - Karlstad : Karlstad University Press. - 9789186637040 ; , s. 199-216
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- Aronsson, Lars, 1955-, et al.
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Värmlänningarnas kulturella landskap
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Ingår i: Värmländska landskap. - Karlstad : Karlstad University Press. - 9789186637040 ; , s. 293-321
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- Braunerhielm, Lotta, 1970-, et al.
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Collaborative geomedia research methodologies
- 2018
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper focuses on collaborative geomedia research methodologies. Geomedia can be described as intersecting theories and practises from media and communication studies and human geography. By using the concept of collaborative geomedia we point to a research approach in which tourism actors, researchers, designers and visitors together develop place-based digital experiences. Collaborative geomedia methods can be applied as research tools among scholars with interest in how various groups relate to and make sense of a certain place and its history interconnected to practical development of concrete location-based applications that are developed through collaborative work involving researchers, designers and potential users. We will discuss this type of method and how it has been used in an on-going research project regarding place-based digital visitor experiences. The fast pace of technical development within the tourism industry creates a gap between the development and knowledge about digitalisation and mediatisation within the industry. While the technique tends to steer the development, the digitalisation within the industry increases rapidly with lack of reflection of how different actors from the industry is included and what the effects are for the tourism destinations and the local place. This paper intends to fill an identified gap of knowledge about methods for enhancing visitors’ on site-experiences using digital media, where key actors in the local tourism industry and community are included and were processes of development are based on place-anchoring. By launching the geomedia approach within the research field in tourism studies, we are building a bridge between technology and people and connecting media with a place-based perspective. By using the geomedia perspective, we focus on ‘who can communicate what at different places?’ What is represented at places and ‘whose’ places are represented (today and in the past)?
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- Braunerhielm, Lotta, 1970-, et al.
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Digitalization through collaborative methods
- 2019
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents a collaborative tourism research method for the development of place-based digital visitor experiences. Our method is based on a geomedia perspective, which combines theories and practices from human geography as well as media and communication studies. By using geomedia, we highlight the intersection between geo (place) and media and include interaction between people and place in the production of media and digitalization, i.e. a collaboration. The collaborative method is used as a research tool to let various groups of actors make sense of local places and their history in relation to destination development and innovation of location-based applications. In the collaboration process, we are involving entrepreneurs, stakeholders, potential users, the local community as well as designers, with the purpose of enhancing visitors’ experiences using digital media.In this session, we demonstrate and discuss how collaborative methods can be conducted by examples from our on-going research project regarding place-based digital visitor experiences. As researchers, we can contribute to tourism research through the development of new collaborative methods and perspectives, but also with new insights and a process of learning for participating actors.The reasons for focusing on digitalization are many. Digitalization creates both new opportunities and challenges for tourism. There is a need for explorative and collaborative methods that creates insights in how to use digital media to enhance experiences before, during and after a visit. By combining in-depth studies of local places and their history and culture, with digital representation, we can create new perspectives of places. This type of knowledge has proven essential in the development processes we are studying.In these changing times for tourism, environmental awareness and over-tourism is also on the agenda. Could collaborative methods be not just a research tool but also a tool for the tourism and hospitality sector to develop, in an innovative, yet socially sustainable way? To encourage more domestic tourism, local destinations and tourism businesses will need to increase their competitiveness and attractiveness. By including local residents as well as tourism businesses in a collective process, can we strengthen their local identity rather than threaten their social life?References:Braunerhielm, L. (2019). Tourism innovation research in the digital age. Towards a Geomedia approach. Forthcoming.Liburd, J. & Edwards, D. (2018) Collaboration for sustainable tourism development. Oxford, Goodfellow Pulishers Ltd.Ren, C. , Johannesson, G. T & Van Der Duim, R (2017) Co-Creating Tourism Research – Towards Collaborative Ways of Knowing. Abingdon, Routledge.
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- Braunerhielm, Lotta, 1970-, et al.
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En medlem, en röst : Utvärdering av Entrecoop II
- 2014
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Värmlandskooperativen, Coompanion Dalarna och Coompanion Gävleborg, gav under 2012 Cerut (Centrum för forskning om regional utveckling) vid Karlstads universitet i uppdrag att utvärdera projektet Entrecoop II. Syftet med utvärderingen är att undersöka och beskriva kooperationens betydelse för regional utveckling. Viktigt är att belysa kooperationens betydelse i tillväxttermer men även olika aktörers syn på/förståelse av ekonomisk förening. Målet med utvärderingen är att utifrån en forskningsposition bidra till en förbättring vad gäller den grundproblematik som projektet tar sig an. Det vill säga att synliggöra ekonomiska föreningars verksamhet samt att de i olika sammanhang skall kunna jämställas med andra företagsformer. Utvärderingen ska även förtydliga och förstärka projektets syfte och synliggöra det arbete som genomförs inom projektet.I rapporten ger vi ett axplock av de aktiviteter som genomförts i projektet och hur de lever upp till projektets mål genom att vi presenterar resultat av intervjustudier av deltagare från aktiviteterna. Vi redovisar resultaten av den intervjuundersökning som genomförts med projektets projektgrupp och med aktörer som vi identifierat som betydelsefulla för kooperativt företagande och projektet i samhället. I rapporten presenterar vi även en teoretisk referensram som är central för projektet och dess verksamhet. Genom att lyfta in teoretiska perspektiv kring ekonomiska föreningar, kooperativt företagande, kring socialt företagande och aspekter kring social ekonomi är vår ambition att kunna öka kunskapen om dels ekonomiska föreningar och kooperativa företag dels ge perspektiv på problematik som lyfts i projektet om som ofta berör kunskapen, synen och till viss del bemötande som kooperativa företag får i samhället.
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- Braunerhielm, Lotta, 1970-, et al.
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Hur uppfattar värmlänningarna Norge?
- 2016
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Ingår i: Värmländska utmaningar. - Karlstad : Karlstad University Press. - 9789189673366 ; , s. 271-296
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Närheten till Norge skapar specifika förutsättningar i en region som Värmland. Närheten anses på regional strategisk nivå generera tillväxt, dvs skapa möjligheter. Vi har i tidigare forskning identifierat möjligheter men även utmaningar som exempelvis gränshinder som skapar svårigheter för invånare och företagare. I detta kapitel skall vi fokusera på närheten till Norge och på värmlänningarnas syn på denna närhet till broderlandet. I relation till detta analyserar vi hur medborgarna upplever sin boendemiljö, service på orten och allmänt sett hur bra de tycker att det är att bo där de bor. Vi ställer oss frågan hur nöjda medborgarna är med livet och relaterar det till landsbygdsperspektiv kontra stad. I kapitlet gör vi jämförelser mellan medborgarna i Värmland och boende i västra Värmland, det vill säga gränskommunerna Årjäng, Torsby, Eda och Arvika. Syftet med det är att jämföra de olika medborgargrupperna, alltså boende i gränsregionen kontra boende i övriga kommuner i Värmland, mot en tydlig strategi mot Norge. Frågan är om, och i så fall hur, Norge har betydelse för värmlänningarna?
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- Braunerhielm, Lotta, 1970-, et al.
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Idrottens roll i samhället : Fallstudier i Värmland och Västergötland - modellbyggande för mätning av idrottens ekonomiska effekter
- 2007
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Den ideella idrottsrörelsen anses leda till ökad folkhälsa, demokratisk fostran och socialt engagemang, men den skapar också ekonomiska effekter och förknippas allt oftare med konsumtion och investeringar. Idag skapar idrotten både arbetstillfällen och välfärd samt är ett bidrag i en växande upplevelse- och besöksindustrin. I takt med att idrotten fått ett allt större ekonomiskt värde har också intresset för att förstå dess effekter och hur dessa kan styras vuxit. Syftet med studien har varit att utifrån idrottsrörelsens komplexitet dels göra en samlad analys över olika perspektiv på idrottens effekter i samhället, från hälsoperspektiv till ekonomiska effekter, dels att bidra till metodutveckling och skapa en modell som skall ligga till grund för hur idrottsföreningars effekter i samhället ska kunna mätas. Avsikten har varit att med den modell som tagits fram kunna ge föreningar förutsättningar att ge en samlad bild av sin betydelse för samhället. Modellens användningsområden har belysts genom ett antal fallstudier på lokal nivå, dvs. idrottsföreningar i Värmland och Västergötland. Föreningarna har använts som illustrationer där olika perspektiv inom idrotten beskrivs. Modellens användningsområde har även belysts genom att visa på hur den kan användas för enskilda idrottsevenemang. Kopplat till fallstudierna har även berörda kommuner redovisat sin syn på idrottens roll i samhället. Resultatet av studien är att idrotten förutom de sociala och demokratiska värdena bör betraktas som attraktionskraft för tillväxt, sysselsättning, näringsliv samt för en attraktiv livsmiljö. Författarna menar exempelvis att idrottsrörelsen behöver jämföras med andra branscher, som exempelvis besöksnäringen, för att på ett tydligare sätt kunna påvisa sin betydelse i samhället och för en specifik kommun eller finansiärer. Resultatet är delvis också den modell som skall ligga till grund för ett framtida verktyg. Verktyget skall idrottsföreningar kunna använda sig av för att påvisa sin ekonomiska betydelse i en lokal kontext eller i en lokal ekonomi.
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- Braunerhielm, Lotta, 1970-, et al.
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Into the unknown : Geomedia perspectives for multiple futures in tourism development
- 2024
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Ingår i: Media and Communication. - : Cogitatio. - 2183-2439. ; 12
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article draws on five participatory action research studies to address how geomedia theory can induce multiple imaginations of the future. Critical future research advocates that societies need to collectively create visions of multiple futures, transcending the single rational (neoliberal) future path. The studies were conducted in collaboration with rural communities and local tourism entrepreneurs who were exploring geomedia technologies to develop destinations. The tourism sector uses geomedia technologies but often depends on commercial platforms that seek upscaling and generalisation, becoming detached from local practices and place-specific settings. By applying critical geomedia studies, we problematised the relationship between people, place, and technology in the present, the past, and the future. Geomedia studies provided a critical lens that provoked future visions beyond preformatted technological infrastructures and media practices. The participants were asked to engage with complex issues such as access, restrictions, equality, authority, and legitimacy in relation to the specific place, bringing forth a multitude of local assets and narratives envisioning alternative geomedia technologies. As a result of this process, participants paid greater attention to local assets, gained a more critical approach towards technology, and dared to use digital solutions in a more visionary manner. We, therefore, argue that researchers need to engage with society to bypass hegemonic geomedia representations. By illustrating how geomedia theory can be utilised within community development, we provide a framework for how collaborative research can more explicitly engage with local actors’ thoughts and imaginings of possible futures.
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- Braunerhielm, Lotta, 1970-, et al.
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Introduction to Special Issue : Placemaking Beyond Cities. Geomedia perspectives on everyday life in small towns and rural communities
- 2024
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Ingår i: Culture Unbound. - : Linköping University Electronic Press. - 2000-1525. ; 16:1, s. 1-13
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This special issue of Culture Unbound directs attention beyond cities, to small towns and rural communities, and the practices taking place there. Referring to a previous special issue on ‘Rural Media Spaces’ from 2010, this special issue revisits the notion of ‘the rural’ versus ‘the urban’ through the concept of placemaking and geomedia. In a mediatized society, placemaking practices cannot be understood without simultaneously understanding different media practices and how they affect place. A geomedia perspective on placemaking beyond cities, therefore, brings new perspectives on media representations of small towns and rural communities, related to the materialization of space and how we engage with and perceive the world. Geomedia also includes a focus on layers of digitalization and new media in the relations between place and practice.The issue brings together researchers from a wide range of subjects, and the articles in this volume address empirical examples from different rural places and small towns in Sweden and internationally. Taken together, a manifold of issues relating to media and placemaking beyond cities are covered, for example, inclusion/exclusion, representation, resistance, community building, belonging, and identification.
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- Braunerhielm, Lotta, 1970-, et al.
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Methods for collaborative geomedia
- 2017
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The fast pace of technical development within the tourism industry creates a gap between technology and the resources and knowledge of many small business owners. By launching the Geomedia approach within the research field in tourism studies, we are building a bridge between technology and people and connecting media with a place-based perspective. This also influences our method. In this paper we present a pilot study as part of an ongoing research project, where the purpose is to develop a method for site specific digital media productions. Taking our starting point in two specific tourist sites, one nature-based site and one cultural heritage site, we use the historical geography in a coordinated innovation process. We have been drawing on knowledge from various agents such as researchers, digital developers, the public sector, tourism business and users (visitors / locals). In this paper we will discuss the development of a place-based method.
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- Braunerhielm, Lotta, 1970-, et al.
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Methods for collaborative geomedia : Development of place based tourism experiences
- 2017
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The fast pace of technical development within the tourism industry creates a gap between technology and the resources and knowledge of many small business owners. By launching the Geomedia approach within the research field in tourism studies, we are building a bridge between technology and people and connecting media with a place-based perspective. This also influences our method.In this paper we present a pilot study as part of an ongoing research project, where the purpose is to develop a method for site specific digital media productions. Taking our starting point in two specific tourist sites, one nature-based site and one cultural heritage site, we use the historical geography in a coordinated innovation process. We have been drawing on knowledge from various agents such as researchers, digital developers, the public sector, tourism business and users (visitors / locals). In this paper we will discuss the development of a place-based method.
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- Braunerhielm, Lotta, 1970-
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Place based digital experiences in the making
- 2019
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents a collaborative design method for the development of place based digital experiences within tourism destination. The method originates from critical readings of ‘co-creation’ and ‘smart destination’, contemporary buzzwords within tourism development, advocating that their central aspects are not reflected upon enough, thus impacting negatively on sustainable digital development for destinations. Instead they risk reproducing both previous and existing power structures rather than expanding a destination’s narrative. We therefore suggest a method rooted in Lefebvre’s theories on social production of space to acknowledge that a destination is not a fixed entity but rather produced in negotiation between politics, everyday practices, and its representations in mind and media, as well as highly entangled with its past, present and future. The collaborative design method presented in this paper is developed through in-depth studies of two specific places combined with practical inclusive design experiments with stakeholders, visitors, locals and tourism entrepreneurs, all with a connection to these places. We identified that intersecting knowledge, critical thinking and development in these workshops allowed new perspectives to emerge, broaden the destinations’ narrative and encouraged tourism entrepreneurs to peruse new grounds. Destination development thus need to be (1) in dialog with a wider context than, as co-creation suggests, between tourism stakeholders and visitors, (2) able to listen to and capture the diverse narratives and representations a destination carries, (3) understand and engage with ongoing, past, and present power structures, and (4) understand its own role in the production of space.
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- Braunerhielm, Lotta, 1970-
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Place-based methods for digitally enhanced experiences
- 2017
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The fast pace of technical development within the tourism industry creates a gap between technology and the knowledge. While the technique tends to steer the development, the digitalization within the industry increases rapidly with lack of reflection of how different actors from the industry is included. The tourism industry has primarily concentrated on certain aspects of digitalization, such as marketing and e-commerce. The intention with this paper is therefore to fill an identified gap of knowledge about methods for enhancing visitors’ on site-experiences using digital media, where key actors in the local tourism industry and community are included. By launching the Geomedia approach within the research field in tourism studies, we are building a bridge between technology and people and connecting media with a place-based perspective. By using the so called Geomedia perspective, we focus on ‘who can communicate what at different places?’ What is represented at places and ‘whose’ places are represented (today and in the past)? This paper focuses on an ongoing research project, where the purpose is to develop a method for site specific digital media productions. Taking our starting point in two specific tourist sites, one nature-based site and one cultural heritage site, we use the historical geography in a coordinated innovation process. We have been drawing on knowledge from various agents such as researchers, digital design developers, the public sector, tourism business and users (visitors / locals). The Geomedia perspective has thus inspired us in developing a place-based method, which will be discussed in this paper.
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- Braunerhielm, Lotta, 1970-, et al.
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Smart Villages in Sweden
- 2021
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- There is a need for digital innovation initiatives in rural areas, where rural development has been marginalised in favor of urban development. By combining tourism research on digital innovation in rural areas with service design, and value-creating processes, this paper contributes with processes for rural digital innovation and solutions encompassed for Swedish businesses in rural settings. The proposed project Smart villages in Sweden aims to increase knowledge and understanding, together with businesses, of how smart solutions can address some of the challenges in rural Sweden and how these can contribute to thriving businesses. The general research question is: How can ‘Smart Villages’ be used as a concept to overcome challenges and support sustainable communities for businesses in Sweden? Smart in this context means developing and innovating services and digital solutions that have grown out of the local needs and conditions. Based on a proven methodology, a three-step model, this paper argues for the use of a participatory approach, a place-based approach, focusing on bottom-up perspective and a collaborative, creative way of working in rural digital development and innovation. Adding a geomedia perspective this paper contributes with a methodological approach to create sustainable villages and adding that technology can only support sustainable development if the technology itself is sustainably developed. The presented digital innovation process for rural businesses therefore shifts focus from technology as focus for development, to technology to support for development.
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- Braunerhielm, Lotta, 1970-, et al.
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The Importance of the swedish-norweigan border citizens’ perspective for bottom-up cross-border planning strategies
- 2019
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Ingår i: Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift. - : Taylor & Francis. - 0029-1951 .- 1502-5292. ; 73:2, s. 96-109
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- There is political interest in Sweden’s proximity to Norway, which is reflected in the regional policy focusing on developing business needs. As such, proximity at the regional level is simply expected to generate economic growth. The authors propose a holistic approach to spatial planning in a Swedish–Norwegian border region in place of the simplistic economic perspective. The aim of the article is to highlight the importance of adopting a bottom-up cross-border planning perspective that is based on the perceptions of the border region residents by showing that the proximity of Norway is important to communities in Värmland Province, on the border with Norway, in a different way from how regional authorities and policymakers perceive it. The authors used a qualitative method in their study. They found that residents were more interested in the individual, social, and cultural opportunities of the border, while authorities stressed traditional growth strategies. In conclusion, the authors recommend that policymakers should implement a bottom-up cross-border planning strategy (CBPS) in Värmland that includes the residents’ perspective, as a reinforcement of place-based policy approaches.
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- Braunerhielm, Lotta, 1970-
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Våga ta steget mot interaktiva platsförankrade upplevelser. : Utveckling och innovation i den värmländska besöksnäringen
- 2018
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Rapport (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Genom att koppla på digitala tjänster kan besöksmål ge besökarna en starkare upplevelse – men vägen dit kan vara snårig. Nu har ett forskningsprojekt på Karlstads universitet i samarbete med en rad aktörer tagit fram digitala prototyper för två värmländska besöksmål.I maj 2018 avslutades ett av Karlstads universitets forsknings- och utvecklingsprojekt om digitalisering inom besöksnäringen. Under det senaste 1,5 året har Lotta Braunerhielm, Laila Gibson och Linda Ryan Bengtsson från forskningsmiljön Geomedia, arbetat med projekt kring interaktiva platsförankrade upplevelser. Två besöksmål - Vildmark i Värmland och Långbans Gruvby har varit först ut att fungera som testbäddar.”Kombinationen av våra olika perspektiv och metoder har varit jättebra och inneburit att vi varit tvungna att gå in varandras världar och skapat en annan förståelse”, säger Lotta Braunerhielm. ”Efter en lång process där lärande, nya perspektiv och att skapa nya insikter längs vägen varit i fokus, har vi landat i flera konkreta resultat.”Flera olika aktörer har deltagit i utvecklings- och innovationsprocessen: offentliga aktörer, entreprenörer, forskare, IT-företag, lokalbefolkning, besökare och säsongs-anställda. Resultatet: Långbans Gruvby och Vildmark i Värmland har fått varsin prototyp i form av en konceptskiss för hur digitalisering kan förhöja upplevelsen av besöket.”Vi har vävt in det vi är så bra på i Värmland, historieberättandet, med kunskap om platser, både i nutid och dåtid, tillsammans med vår kultur och vårt naturlandskap”, fortsätter Laila Gibson. ”Vi är bra på besöksnäring i Värmland, på historieberättande och på digital utveckling. Nu har vi slagit ihop det här och dragit igång en ny innovativ utveckling i Värmland. Det här är historieberättande men på ett nytt sätt.”
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- Braunerhielm, Lotta, 1970-
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Är besöksnäringen viktig för den framtida utvecklingen?
- 2016
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Ingår i: Värmländska utmaningar. - Karlstad : Karlstad University Press. - 9789189673366 ; , s. 385-404
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Utifrån ett regionalt perspektiv är strategier kring regional tillväxt genom exempelvis smart specialisering och satsningar på kluster centrala. I med- borgarundersökningen från 2014 lyfter vi fram de vardagsnära frågorna som är centrala för värmlänningen. I detta kapitel belyses därför jämförelsen mellan medborgarnas perspektiv på vad som är viktigt för den framtida utvecklingen med regional strategiska perspektiv på framtida utveckling och med ett specifikt fokus på besöksnäringen, ett område som nyligen tagit plats i de framtida strategierna.År 2014 tog Region Värmland fram en ny strategi för regionens tillväxt. Här framgår att Värmlandsstrategin är hela Värmlands strategi. Det är en plan för hur Värmland ska vara och uppfattas år 2020. Visionen för år 2020 är Värmland – ett skönare liv, ett Värmland som ska vara en hållbar, attraktiv region där människor vill bo och utvecklas och där företag vill expandera och etablera sig. Värmlandsstrategin syftar till att peka ut vad som ska göras. I jämförelse med ovanifrån perspektivet, och vad den regionala tillväxtstrategin säger om vägen till målet 2020, lyfts medborgarnas perspektiv på den framtida utvecklingen fram i SOM-undersökningen. Utifrån medborgarperspektivet i Värmland lyfts framförallt de traditionella näringarna fram och de vardagsnära frågorna. Det intressanta är att jämföra medborgarnas perspektiv med ovanifrånperspektivet och vad man konkret tar avstamp utifrån när det gäller strategin för Värmlands framtida utveckling. I detta kapitel lyfts de regionala strategiska perspektiven på Värmlands framtida utveckling i relation till medborgarnas syn på den framtida utvecklingen. En djupdykning görs i ett område som nyligen fått ta plats i de framtida strategierna, nämligen besöksnäringen. Syftet med kapitlet är att belysa värmlänningarnas uppfattning om verksamheter som är centrala för den framtida utvecklingen. Vidare är syftet att göra en djupdykning i medborgarnas syn på besöksnäringen i relation till strategiska satsningar som sker på regional och lokal nivå.
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- Dahlström, Margareta, 1958-, et al.
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Developing the experience economy in non-metropolitan regions : cross-clusternetworks in Värmland
- 2012
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- A common challenge for many companies in the experience economy is that firms are small, struggle with low profits and, particularly in non-metropolitan regions, often are scattered over a large area. These challenges make it different for the firms to find time for accessing new markets and to innovate and engage in product development. An important aspect of product development is the interaction between producer and consumer that drives innovation through new trends expressed through consumer demands. One way of supporting firms in the experience economy is through different types of collaborative bodies such as destination management organisations or cluster organisations. These organisations typically include different actors such as public agencies, local authorities and chambers of commerce in addition to the companies. Public agencies working with local and regional development issues tend to be actively involved in the setting up and managing these organisations both because they can play the role as broker and ‘neutral’ party in relation to many different competing interests and also because of the importance of a strong experience economy with regards to regional growth.This paper presents a new project that focuses on cross-cluster networking in the Värmland region in Sweden. This non-metropolitan region has a number of strong and established clusters in several export industries supported by cluster organisations such as the IT cluster ‘Compare’, the cluster of pulp and paper technology ‘Paper Province’ and ‘Steel & Engineering’. In February 2011 a cluster organisation for the experience economy ‘Visit Värmland’ was established based on earlier collaboration. The project aims at studying and supporting cross-cluster networks between Visit Värmland and other clusters. Two important aspects of the study is firstly to focus on opportunities for firms in the experience economy with regards to product development and accessing new markets through collaborations with the established clusters and secondly to explore knowledge development and learning for both the new and the established clusters through cross-cluster networking. The project involves actors from the clusters and is thereby partly co-produced research.The first aspect of the study is based on the practice of the export firms in the established clusters to involve different types of Värmland experiences in their customer relations. A large number of small and large events are organised every year involving a variety of firms within the experience economy. The scale and scope of these activities are not known. In a first phase of the project a mapping exercise is taking place with regards to these activities and the scope for a development of the experience economy through a more organised cross-cluster networking between ‘Visit Värmland’ and the established clusters. Can firms in the experience economy tap into this market and through customer-producer interactions with overseas visitors access opportunities to innovate and engage in product development? The second aspect of the study is planned to involve deeper research into the knowledge dynamics of cross-cluster networks e.g. in terms of organisational learning. In what ways can the new cluster ‘Visit Värmland’ learn from interactions with the established clusters and their ways of working with regards to activities such as business development, innovation, marketing and competence development? In what ways can established clusters learn from a new cluster organisation for example through being exposed to different ways of working and thereby perhaps avoiding getting locked in in established work practices? Cross-cluster networks may provide opportunities for innovative thinking also in terms of organisation development since this type of interaction challenges what is taken for granted in organisational practices. In a third phase of the project we aim to expand the study to comparative research involving cross-cluster working with the experience economy in other regions and countries.
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- Fast, Karin, 1979-, et al.
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On the social construction of geomedia technologies
- 2019
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Ingår i: Communication and the public. - : Sage Publications. - 2057-0473 .- 2057-0481. ; 4:2, s. 89-99
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Geomedia technologies represent an advanced set of digital media devices, hardwares, and softwares. Previous research indicates that these place contingent technologies are currently gaining significant social relevance, and contribute to the shaping of contemporary public lives and spaces. However, research has yet to empirically examine how, and for whom, geomedia technologies are made relevant, as well as the role of these technologies in wider processes of social and spatial (re-)production. This special issue contributes valuable knowledge to existing research in the realm of communication geography, by viewing the current “geomediascape” through the lens of social constructivist perspectives, and by interrogating the reciprocal shaping of technology, the social, and space/place. Scrutinizing the social construction of geomedia technologies in various empirical contexts and in relation to different social groups, the essays deal with important questions of power and control, and ultimately challenge the notion of (geo)mediatization as a neutral process.
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- Gibson, Laila, et al.
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Participatory processes for community involvement in rural tourism development
- 2023
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- IntroductionThe aim of our research is to contribute with methods for rural sustainable tourism and community development. The work also entails identifying solutions encompassed for local actors in rural settings, thereby strengthening stakeholders and contributing to sustainable, resilient and attractive rural communities.Our current research project ‘Smart Villages in Sweden’ is evolving a development process, resulting in ideas, concepts and prototypes for local solutions that addresses local challenges, using the concept of ‘Smart Villages’ as a focal point. We are using a place-based approach for innovation in a broader context with the result of developing services or solutions adapted to suit rural communities. We argue that developing such a process is vital for a sustainable and long-term durable outcome, as it ensures that the ideas, concepts and prototypes produced are based on the local communities’ situation. This is in line with EU´s concept of Smart Villages (2019) which refers to communities in rural areas revitalising rural services and improving resilience using innovative solutions. We are using a participatory approach developed during several years of previous research, albeit in a wider sense where tourism development is put in the context of a general notion of sustainable community development. Two communities and the surrounding countryside in the county of Värmland, Sillerud and Sysslebäck, are our cases in this project. This year, we are carrying out the second work package of the project, which involves a method where various community stakeholders from our local cases are involved. Using this approach entails both challenges and opportunities. During this session we would like to discuss our results and experiences so far. Theoretical frameworkIn this project, we are starting from the theories of service ecosystems and the transformative service approach, as this is in line with the concept of smart villages. Service ecosystems are defined as a network-based collection of actors that work together to create and deliver value to customers. It can include companies, customers, suppliers, governments, and other stakeholders who collaborate and interact in various ways to create and deliver value (Akaka et. al., 2012). The theory of the Transformative Service Approach is about companies and organizations not only delivering products and services, but also having a broader role in society by contributing to creating positive changes and transformations in customers and society in general (Andersson et. al., 2013). Important aspects of these two approaches are that they focus on the dynamics between different actors in an ecosystem and how it affects the creation and delivery of value over time. This means that the ecosystem is in constant change and development through interactions and transactions between the actors.The Smart Villages concept is based on the idea that value is determined uniquely by and together with actors linked to the specific location (Cāne, 2021), and understanding the context of value creation is the key to successful service offerings. The methodology within the smart villages concept involves a bottom-up, collaborative approach that aims to produce both practical results and scientific results. Overall, the research highlights the importance of engaging with rural communities and stakeholders in the process of understanding and promoting smart villages (Aziiza & Susanto, 2020). Important to note is that what makes a local community ‘smart’ is not limited to increased levels of digitisation or connectivity. ‘Smartness’ stems from the use of digital technologies as vehicles for local development goals and the improvement of the quality of life of citizens (Smart Villages briefing note, 2019). ‘Smart’ does not automatically mean sustainable; producing and using new technology in itself have effects on the environment, for example. In this project it is therefore important that we focus on ‘smart’ solutions that will contribute to economic and social sustainability in terms of vibrant rural business and communities.MethodologyIn our research, we take a participatory approach (Trischler et al, 2018), where we use a place-based method, focusing on bottom-up perspective and a collaborative, creative way of working together with the aim of producing both practical outcomes as well as scientific results and knowledge (Ryan Bengtsson et al, 2022). This method has been formed over seven years of research in close collaboration with businesses and organisations and is influenced by research actively engaging actors (see for example Haraway, 2016 and Ren & Jóhannesson, 2017). The method used is divided into three steps where the collaborative process can be viewed as a ladder, each step forming the base for the next. Knowledge and new perspectives create an input into the next step. In our ongoing project, the method consists of the following three steps: an inventory, a mapping process and evaluation phase. So far, we are coming towards an end of the second step. The first step involved gathering vital information about the two local communities that serve as cases in this research. This information has given us as input into the following steps of the collaborative process. The two main sources of information in the first stage were qualitative interviews with key actors in our local communities and quantitative visitor surveys. The second part of the method involved working with stakeholders in the local communities in a series of workshops led by the research team. The participants have been co-creating ideas and solutions on how to increase the competitiveness as well as quality of life in their communities. The third step will involve collaborative testing and evaluating the most viable of the creative ideas and solutions. ResultsAs mentioned, the research project Smart Villages grows out of, and further develops our research on participatory processes in community and destination development. At this conference, we will present our recent findings in terms of methodological challenges and opportunities, as well as the practical and analytical outcomes so far.Methodological findings indicate that an adaptive approach when defining local stakeholders is vital, as the local context varies, and each community encompass a unique mix of stakeholders. Therefore, the importance of gathering information of the place and its actors is essential in the initial stages of the process. Furthermore, we argue for the importance of involving local key actors at an early stage in the process. This is a necessary empowering factor, which will increase the changes of local ownership of the process and the practical results.Practical outcomes include for example the start-up of a local group in one of the cases, taking on a local ownership, with the aim of strengthening this rather fragmented and divided community. By facilitating contact between students and community key actors from our other case, they have been provided with new ideas to implement.Analytical outputs involve for example categorising opportunities put forward by the local stakeholders. These can be divided into three main types of actions for strengthening the places’ competitiveness:1) information about existing local attractions and events (tangible)2) storytelling about the local culture and collaboration (intangible)3) improvement of existing service and visitor experience (for residents, visitors, and part-time visitors)Our findings also imply the need for further research into the combination of digital and physical solutions when it comes to sustainable community and destination development. Our participants often suggest digital solutions as a tool of drawing attention to physical meetings. Many ideas put forward are based on a social need to meet, often across group boundaries such as those between residents and visitors. If implemented, this could increase positive social effects of tourism and reduce opposition against tourism growth. References Akaka, M. A., Vargo, S. L., & Lusch, R. F. (2012). An exploration of networks in value cocreation: A serviceecosystems view. Review of Marketing Research, 9, 13–5.Anderson, L., Ostrom, A. L., Corus, C., Fisk, R. P., Gallan, A. S., Giraldo, M., ... & Williams, J. D. (2013). Transformative service research: An agenda for the future. Journal of Business Research, 66(8), 1203-1210. Aziiza, A. A., & Susanto, T. D. (2020). The Smart Village Model for Rural Area (Case Study: Banyuwangi Regency). In IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 722, No. 1, p. 012011). IOP Publishing.Cāne, R. (2021, June). Development of smart villages as a factor for rural digital transformation. In ENVIRONMENT. TECHNOLOGIES. RESOURCES. Proceedings of the International Scientific and Practical Conference (Vol. 1, pp. 43-49).Haraway, D.J. (2016) Staying with the Trouble - Making Kin in the Chthulucene. Duke University PressRen, C., van der Duim, R., & Jóhannesson, T. (2017). Co-creation of tourism knowledge. in Ren, C., Jóhannesson, T., & van der Duim, R. (Ed.) Co-creating tourism research - Towards collaborative ways of knowing. London & New York: Routledge.Ryan Bengtsson, L., Braunerhielm, L., Gibson, L., Hoppstadius, F. & Kingsepp, E. (2022). Digital media innovations through participatory action research. Interventions for digital place-based experiences. Nordicom, 43 (2), 134 - 151Smart Villages Pilot Project Briefing Note (2019) https://digitevent-images.s3.amazonaws.com/5c0e6198801d2065233ff996-registrationfiletexteditor1551115459927-smart-villages-briefing-note.pdfTrischler, J., Pervan, S. J., Kelly, S. J., & Scott, D. R. (2018). The value of codesign: The effect of customer involvement in service design teams. Journal of Service Research, 21(1), 75-100.
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- Gibson, Laila, et al.
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Smart villages : Participatory processes for sustainable rural development.
- 2022
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- IntroductionThere is a need for digital innovation initiatives in rural areas, where rural development has been marginalised in favor of urban development (see for example Cowie et al., 2020; Pant etal., 2017). By combining tourism research on digital innovation in rural areas (Braunerhielm etal. 2019; 2018; Ryan Bengtsson et al, 2022) with service design (Vink et al., 2020), and value-creating processes (Nöjd et al. 2020), the aim of our research is to contribute with methods for rural sustainable tourism and community development and identify solutions encompassed for businesses in rural settings. Therefore, we contribute with ways of conducting participatory research- and innovation processes, focusing on places as both destinations and local communities. Our current research project is using a participatory approach developed during several years of previous research, albeit in a wider sense where tourism development is put in the context of a general notion of sustainable rural development. The purpose of our recent project ‘Smart Villages’, is to gain increased knowledge and understanding of how smart solutions can address some of the challenges in rural Sweden. Our general research question is: How can ‘Smart Villages’ be used as a concept to overcome challenges and support sustainable communities?
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- Goransson, Per
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Mapping Secular Choirs in Sweden
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Ingår i: Journal of Religion in Europe. - 1874-8910 .- 1874-8929.
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- Goransson, Per
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Vem Sjunger var i Sverige? : Att geografiskt spåra Sveriges körmedlemmar
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In Sweden, known for its high level of secularization, choir participation is popular, as testified by the high number of choir members. The activity is deeply rooted in traditional and Christian standpoints, but also affected by modern and secular influences. Despite the popularity of choral singing, choirs, particularly secular ones, remain understudied in the social sciences, especially in matters pertaining to their geographical distribution. This article aims to reveal who the secular choir member is in relation to geographical location in Sweden. In analysing questionnaire responses from members of the secular Swedish Choir Association, which encompass the socioeconomic, religious, and musical backgrounds of the choristers, two main findings emerge. Firstly, the majority of choir members are older women, highly educated and retired. Most choir members hold membership in a religious community, seldom identify as atheists, but engages only rarely in religious activities. Choir members also tend to have a high level of musical literacy and long experience of choral participation. Secondly, while urban choir members tend to reflect modern backgrounds, rural choristers often have more traditional backgrounds. However, some of the choir members' backgrounds contradict the preconceived image where urbanity is connected with the modern and rurality with the traditional. In this respect, the results of this study reveal a need for a re-evaluation of urban as modern and rural as traditional.
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- Grip, Lena, 1978-, et al.
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Crisis communication with tourists of the grid. : Incorporating the Swedish tourism sector in crisis management and communication – methods and strategies for preparedness and collaboration in rural areas
- 2021
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Our changing climate foretells a future with continued large forest fires and extreme weather events, such as devastating storms, heavy rainfall, flooding, heat and drought. This project focuses on preparedness for this kind of events taking place while large, spread-out, and often uncertain, numbers of visitors are roaming the Swedish countryside – not seldom voluntarily or involuntarily of the grid. The conditions for crisis communication is changing with social media, apps and digitalization of information. Obstacles and possibilities for digitalization in the tourism sector in relation to the specific conditions of nature-based tourism needs more attention.Tourists are a vulnerable group in crisis situations, since they are not acquainted with neither the place nor how to find information about the crisis and how to keep themselves safe. In parallel, the Swedish tourism sector is constantly growing, with new trends as ”vacation at home” and increasing numbers of international tourists visiting Swedish nature, and nature-based tourism is believed to see a significant increase in post-pandemic travel, as more visitors seek uncrowded destinations. A crisis can be devastating in nature tourist areas. Despite this, the tourism sector is often viewed as peripheral and is in some cases not even included in crisis preparedness planning. The aim of this study is to generate new knowledge and methods for incorporating the Swedish countryside tourism sector in crisis management and communication. Crisis management and risk preparedness and awareness, and collaborations and relations between the tourism sector and other crisis management actors (municipalities and public authorities) are in focus, as well as the nature tourists themselves.
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- Göransson, Per, 1989-
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Sveriges körgeografier : En studie av Svenska kyrkans och Sveriges körförbunds körverksamheter
- 2024
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Körsång har långa anor i Sverige. Idag utövas körverksamhet regelbundet i både sakrala och sekulära former som gemensamt antas inberäkna cirka sex procent (600 000 individer) av Sveriges befolkning. Dessa körverksamheter är utbredda och täcker idag hela Sveriges geografiska yta. Körverksamheter kan således inte ses som marginell vare sig i relation till befolkning eller yta. Paradoxalt nog, trots dess omfattning och utbredning, har körverksamhet enbart knapphändigt studerats i Sverige. Avhandlingens syfte är ge ett kulturgeografiskt bidrag genom att belysa och skapa förståelse för relationen mellan körverksamhet och geografi. Plats, urbant – ruralt samt sakralt – sekulärt utgör centrala delar i denna avhandling. Det empiriska underlaget utgörs av primärdata insamlade via enkäter och sekundärdata i form av officiell statistik. I den bemärkelsen lämnar avhandlingen ett kunskapsbidrag till kulturgeografisk forskning om körverksamhet i Sverige och i en vidare bemärkelse även andra kontexter. Avhandlingen har kommit fram till att körverksamhet har en stark relation till plats i Sverige. Denna avhandling presenterar en kartläggning av körverksamheten i Sverige. Avhandlingen problematiserar gängse binära uppfattningar: ruralt – sakralt och urbant – sekulärt. Avhandlingens resultat pekar på att denna binära uppfattning bör nyanseras relaterat till körverksamhet. Fram träder att körverksamhet i Sverige bör belysas ur ett postsekulärt perspektiv.
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- Ryan Bengtsson, Linda, 1976-, et al.
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Digital media innovations through participatory action research : Interventions for digital place-based experiences
- 2022
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Ingår i: Nordicom Review. - : Sciendo. - 1403-1108 .- 2001-5119. ; 43:2, s. 134-151
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article presents an action-research study investigating a spatially sensitive innovation process of place-based experiences in a rural area of Sweden. Lately, there have been a growing number of initiatives focused on developing location-aware mobile media – geomedia technologies – to offer place-based digital experiences within tourism. Drawing on contemporary critical studies on geomedia technologies, we stress the importance of reflecting upon the implications of place-based technologies to minimise both the negative impacts on a place and the neglect of local perspectives. We conducted action-research interventions to unpack the complexity of developing place-based mediated experiences. The study makes an illustrative case of how interventions lead to more nuanced development processes of geomedia technologies while simultaneously fostering creativity. We argue that as action research allows researchers to intervene in media innovations, it identifies models for more nuanced place-based development processes, including local spatial and sociocultural perspectives.
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