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Accepted Paper:
Defining sustainability through an old garden. Culture, narratives and visuality
Carina Johansson
(Uppsala University Campus Gotland)
Paper short abstract:
This project deals with a botanical garden and dimensions of sustainability. Turning to narratives and visuality in combination the analysis demonstrates how and why sustainability changes over time for different actors due to human interests and preferences.
Paper long abstract:
This project deals with a 170-year-old botanical garden in Visby, Gotland and dimensions of sustainability. “The loss of gardens is one of the biggest environmental threats to urban life”, is a common narrative. There are many more when it comes to gardens. Turning to narratives and visuality in combination the analysis demonstrates how and why sustainability changes over time for different actors due to human interests and preferences. Another aspect is how stories about sustainability and gardens are shaped in relation to other stories, for example about cultural and natural heritage, private and public ownership and about tourism, which contributes to new hierarchies in society.