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Reading Changing Planning Narratives Making Plans – TELLING Making Plans – ABSTRACT The aim of this thesis is to understand how a ting societal structures, that stand in opposition repertoire of municipal planning narratives evol- to these structures, or that create a new identity Making Plans – TELLING STORIES: ved and how these were used as a means to ex- out of available resources. plain, legitimise and produce change in a city PLANNING IN KARLSKRONA/SWEDEN 1980 - 2010 that went through a process of urban transfor- Based on these readings, I find that the four do- mation. The focus is set on the role of narratives cuments use very different literary and rhetorical in municipal plans as a mental preparation for forms and that they construct the place’s identity change. In order to reach this aim, a framework in ways clearly distinct from each other. They for narrative analysis is developed that shall express various moral and political perspectives facilitate a critical reading of such municipal and convey clearly distinct social norms regar- planning documents as comprehensive plans. ding the role of inhabitants and the municipality. This shall help to understand among other things Over the decades, there has been a clear shift how place and community are constructed. This of expressed values from those that support a ST Mareile Walter framework is used to interpret four documents leading role of the (local) state in fostering lo- ORIES of the municipality of Karlskrona, one introduc- cal development to those that highlight the im- tory guide for new inhabitants from 1980, and portance of market actors and market forces. A three consecutive comprehensive plans, adopted similar change has occurred from the pronun- in 1991, 2002 and 2010. ciation of state responsibility for the inhabitant’s well-being to a greater focus on individual re- In short, the narrative analysis consists of four sponsibility. This confirms the notion that mu- different ways of reading each respective docu- nicipal planning is increasingly influenced by ment. First, more or less coherent narratives are ideas of neoliberal development. It could also be identified in the texts. Second, they are analysed observed that storytelling and a purposeful nar- with respect to their literary and rhetoric form, rative construction of place identity have beco- in a way that is inspired by historian and literary me more prominent as instruments of planning. theorist Hayden White. A third reading places Planning narratives were clearly used to explain the documents’ narratives into their historical and legitimise shifts or persistence in municipal context. Finally, they are classified as certain policymaking. Due to this it can be concluded narratives of place identity on the basis of a ty- that in the eyes of local policy makers, the muni- pology developed by sociologist Manuel Cas- cipality seems to have gone through a complete tells. He states that identities can be constructed process of urban transformation from being in a with help of narratives that legitimise the exis- state of decline to one of stabilised growth. Mareile Walter Mareile Blekinge Institute of Technology Doctoral Dissertation Series No. 2013:07 2013:07 ISSN 1653-2090 School of Planning and Media Design 2013:07 ISBN: 978-91-7295-253-9 Making Plans – Telling Stories: Planning in Karlskrona/Sweden 1980 - 2010 Mareile Walter Blekinge Institute of Technology doctoral dissertation series No 2013:07 Making Plans – Telling Stories: Planning in Karlskrona/Sweden 1980 - 2010 Mareile Walter Doctoral Dissertation in Spatial Planning School of Planning and Media Design Blekinge Institute of Technology SWEDEN 2013 Mareile Walter School of Planning and Media Design Publisher: Blekinge Institute of Technology, SE-371 79 Karlskrona, Sweden Printed by Printfabriken, Karlskrona, Sweden 2013 ISBN: 978-91-7295-253-9 ISSN 1653-2090 urn:nbn:se:bth-00554 To my parents Table of Content List of Tables ............................................................................................ iii List of Figures ........................................................................................... iii List of Abbreviations ................................................................................ iv Acknowledgements ................................................................................... v 1 Introduction .................................................................................. 1 1.1 Planning Narratives and Social Norms ..................................................... 1 1.2 Aim of the Study, Research Questions and Structure of the Thesis .... 7 2 Narratives in Planning Theory ................................................... 11 2.1 The Rational Planning Paradigm and Narratives................................... 11 2.2 Bottom-up Planning Approaches Making Space for Narratives ......... 13 2.3 Place-based Narratives as Instruments for Local Development ......... 16 2.4 Reading Plans .............................................................................................. 18 3 Theoretical Perspective: Narratives, Norms and Forms ........... 21 3.1 Narratives as Moral Stories ....................................................................... 22 3.2 Narrative Forms ......................................................................................... 29 3.3 Types of Narratives of Place Identity and Urban Development ........ 39 3.3.1 Narratives Legitimising Global Competition ................................. 42 3.3.2 Defensive Narratives about Places .................................................. 45 3.3.3 Project Identity Narratives on Local Development ...................... 47 3.3.4 Comparison of the Three Types of Narratives of Place Identity 49 3.4 Summary ...................................................................................................... 52 4 Research Design and Methodological Approach ..................... 53 4.1 The Case Study Approach ........................................................................ 53 4.2 Data Collection ........................................................................................... 58 4.2.1 Written Sources .................................................................................. 58 4.2.2 Interviews ............................................................................................ 64 4.2.3 Statistical Data .................................................................................... 65 4.3 The Researcher’s Preunderstanding and Methodological Challenges 67 4.4 Guide for the Narrative Analysis ............................................................. 68 i 5 Planning Narratives in Karlskrona 1980 - 2010 ........................... 75 5.1 Välkommen till Karlskrona (1980) ............................................................... 75 5.1.1 Explication: The Incompatibility of Development and Heritage75 5.1.2 Narrative Explanation: An Ironic Welcome .................................. 86 5.1.3 Contextual Explanation: The City of the Cold War ..................... 90 5.1.4 Exploration: The Failed Promise of Modernity .......................... 101 5.2 Översiktsplan 1991 ...................................................................................... 104 5.2.1 Explication: A “Baltic Meeting Place” or an Industrial City? .... 104 5.2.2 Narrative Explanation: A Romance of a Reborn City ................ 111 5.2.3 Contextual Explanation: The Dawn of a New Era ..................... 114 5.2.4 Exploration: The Construction of a New Place Identity ........... 127 5.3 karlskrona.se (2002) ................................................................................... 130 5.3.1 Explication: Narratives on the New Karlskrona ......................... 130 5.3.2 Narrative Explanation: The Tragedy of the New Karlskrona ... 137 5.3.3 Contextual Explanation: Transformative Times ......................... 140 5.3.4 Exploration: A New Image for the TelecomCity ........................ 157 5.4 Översiktsplan 2030 (2010) ......................................................................... 160 5.4.1 Explication: The Narrative on Sustainable Karlskrona .............. 160 5.4.2 Narrative Explanation: A Comedy of the Sustainable City ....... 167 5.4.3 Contextual Explanation: A Prosperous City ................................ 171 5.4.4 Exploration: Branding the Sustainable Experience City ............ 186 5.5 Summary of the Interpretations of the Planning Narratives ............. 189 6 Results: Planning in Karlskrona/ Sweden 1980- 2010 .............. 195 6.1 Types of Planning Narratives ................................................................. 195 6.2 Planning Narratives and their Relation to the Historical Context .... 199 6.3 Planning Narratives and Changing Social Norms ............................... 207 6.4 Planning Narratives and Change............................................................ 213 6.5 Just Another Story of Neoliberal Development? ................................ 216 6.6 Tabular Presentation of Results ............................................................. 218 7 Reflections: Practical and Theoretical Implications................ 221 7.1 Added Value of the Analytical Framework .......................................... 221 7.2 Planning Narratives and Planning Theory ........................................... 224 References .............................................................................................. 231 List of Quoted Interviews ......................................................................................
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