Ofta beskrivs torpens historia utifrån berättelser om 1800-talets torparfamiljer som slet på sina... more Ofta beskrivs torpens historia utifrån berättelser om 1800-talets torparfamiljer som slet på sina små jordbruk och att många av dessa torp sedan blivit idylliska sommarstugor. Vi vill stanna upp lite i perioden som var mellan tiden då torpen beboddes av jordbrukande torpare som gjorde dagsverken åt markägaren och tiden då sommartorparna vilar ut med en kaffe på trappen. För de två faserna är inte hela historien om dessa platser. Denna mellanfas har dock sällan studerats eller ens dokumenterats. Här gräver vi därför djupare kring torpen under 1900-talet för att visa vilka som faktiskt använt torpen under den här mellanfasen under efterkrigstiden och framåt och för att förstå mer om den här dolda delen av torpens historia. I tidigare studier, litteratur och media har det ibland skymtat fram att torpen, förutom att vara torparnas eller sommartorparnas, också kan ha varit platser för de gamla, "tokiga" och skygga. Att de har varit, och fortfarande kan vara platser i marginalen där lite andra livsformer funnits eller finns. I förhållande till den huvudgård dit torpet hörde, låg torpen oftast på marginella platser i gårdens utkanter, längs med vägar eller i skogen på utmarken. Den här artikelns studieobjekt ligger således i marginalen såväl tidsmässigt och rumsligt som socialt.
Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography, 2022
ABSTRACT In Sweden, common elementary schools (folkskolan) were introduced in the 1840s. As a con... more ABSTRACT In Sweden, common elementary schools (folkskolan) were introduced in the 1840s. As a consequence, children started walking to and from school several days per week. The school route, as both place and practice, impacted society and families; it created new ways and needs in everyday life. From a time-geographic perspective, the article investigates children’s mobility in everyday life in order to understand what walking to school encompassed. Moreover, whereas the common narrative of school routes in the past emphasizes distances and challenges of the journeys it often omits the adult world’s comprehension and involvement. The aim of the article is to increase understandings of the school route as a phenomenon and its meanings in everyday life from a historical perspective. Through qualitative analysis of memoirs and societal discussions, the authors focus on the difficulties (conceptualized as “weights”) that the school routes could entail and how the adult world tried to manage them (conceptualized as “reliefs”). One conclusion is that society and families were aware of, and tried to deal with, those hardships, and a second is that the school route was more than a distance. In this regard, variations in families’ geographical and socioeconomic positions and the physical landscape played crucial roles.
Utifran tvarvetenskapliga perspektiv och metoder, hamtade fran etnologin och kulturgeografin, och... more Utifran tvarvetenskapliga perspektiv och metoder, hamtade fran etnologin och kulturgeografin, och med en empirisk utgangspunkt i tre kulturmiljoer som forvaltas av Statens fastighetsverk (SFV) i Sv ...
Today, about 50 % of the population in Sweden has access to a second home through their family. W... more Today, about 50 % of the population in Sweden has access to a second home through their family. We are now, and in the coming years, entering a time of changes in usage and ownership for many second homes. This could result in outcomes like fragmented ownership, conflicts between legal and perceived rights of use and issues around management, succession or sale that affect maintenance and usage of the second home. The reason for this is an assumed increase of generational changes and shared usage and ownership of second homes following the boom of second homes in the 1960s and 70s and the increased average age of the owners. The aim of this paper is to start to analyse second home users’ enactment, which includes their thinking, feeling and acting, of their second home in relation to existing or future shared usage/ownership and generational changes at the second home. In order to discuss this we ask: How is the situation with shared usage of second homes and the intersection of gen...
This thesis investigates the reclamation of mires (fens and bogs) in Sweden with a focus on the e... more This thesis investigates the reclamation of mires (fens and bogs) in Sweden with a focus on the early modern period. Today, the mires are valued natural habitats and their cultivation is controvers ...
Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography, 2022
In Sweden, common elementary schools (folkskolan) were introduced in the 1840s. As a consequence,... more In Sweden, common elementary schools (folkskolan) were introduced in the 1840s. As a consequence, children started walking to and from school several days per week. The school route, as both place and practice, impacted society and families; it created new ways and needs in everyday life. From a time-geographic perspective, the article investigates children's mobility in everyday life in order to understand what walking to school encompassed. Moreover, whereas the common narrative of school routes in the past emphasizes distances and challenges of the journeys it often omits the adult world's comprehension and involvement. The aim of the article is to increase understandings of the school route as a phenomenon and its meanings in everyday life from a historical perspective. Through qualitative analysis of memoirs and societal discussions, the authors focus on the difficulties (conceptualized as "weights") that the school routes could entail and how the adult world tried to manage them (conceptualized as "reliefs"). One conclusion is that society and families were aware of, and tried to deal with, those hardships, and a second is that the school route was more than a distance. In this regard, variations in families' geographical and socioeconomic positions and the physical landscape played crucial roles.
Utifrån tvärvetenskapliga perspektiv och metoder, hämtade från etnologin och kulturgeografin, och... more Utifrån tvärvetenskapliga perspektiv och metoder, hämtade från etnologin och kulturgeografin, och med en empirisk utgångspunkt i tre kulturmiljöer som förvaltas av Statens fastighetsverk (SFV) i Sverige, analyserar artikeln historiebruk i form av kulturarvsproduktion och föreslår ett applicerbart normkritiskt samt i förlängningen normkreativt angreppssätt för att möjliggöra alternativa, varierade och mer inkluderande historieskildringar kring kulturmiljöer. Genom att utveckla och integrera dessa synsätt och verktyg vill artikeln argumentera för att man får tillgång till nya berättelser om platsen; berättelser som går utöver den traditionella, „normala“ historien om staten, enskilda byggnaders materiella utformning och den sociokulturella och ekonomiska eliten. En långsiktig effekt blir att det möjliggör ökad mångfald och inkludering både i fråga om förmedling och representation av platser som komplexa rumsliga och sociokulturella helheter.
Ofta beskrivs torpens historia utifrån berättelser om 1800-talets torparfamiljer som slet på sina... more Ofta beskrivs torpens historia utifrån berättelser om 1800-talets torparfamiljer som slet på sina små jordbruk och att många av dessa torp sedan blivit idylliska sommarstugor. Vi vill stanna upp lite i perioden som var mellan tiden då torpen beboddes av jordbrukande torpare som gjorde dagsverken åt markägaren och tiden då sommartorparna vilar ut med en kaffe på trappen. För de två faserna är inte hela historien om dessa platser. Denna mellanfas har dock sällan studerats eller ens dokumenterats. Här gräver vi därför djupare kring torpen under 1900-talet för att visa vilka som faktiskt använt torpen under den här mellanfasen under efterkrigstiden och framåt och för att förstå mer om den här dolda delen av torpens historia. I tidigare studier, litteratur och media har det ibland skymtat fram att torpen, förutom att vara torparnas eller sommartorparnas, också kan ha varit platser för de gamla, "tokiga" och skygga. Att de har varit, och fortfarande kan vara platser i marginalen där lite andra livsformer funnits eller finns. I förhållande till den huvudgård dit torpet hörde, låg torpen oftast på marginella platser i gårdens utkanter, längs med vägar eller i skogen på utmarken. Den här artikelns studieobjekt ligger således i marginalen såväl tidsmässigt och rumsligt som socialt.
Today, about 50 % of the population in Sweden has access to a second home through their family. W... more Today, about 50 % of the population in Sweden has access to a second home through their family. We are now, and in the coming years, entering a time of changes in usage and ownership for many second homes. This could result in outcomes like fragmented ownership, conflicts between legal and perceived rights of use and issues around management, succession or sale that affect maintenance and usage of the second home. The reason for this is an assumed increase of generational changes and shared usage and ownership of second homes following the boom of second homes in the 1960s and 70s and the increased average age of the owners. The aim of this paper is to start to analyse second home users’ enactment, which includes their thinking, feeling and acting, of their second home in relation to existing or future shared usage/ownership and generational changes at the second home. In order to discuss this we ask: How is the situation with shared usage of second homes and the intersection of generations at second homes experienced and described in society and among second home users? Three different materials are used: a questionnaire survey of second home users, interviews with second home users and media texts. The motive for the research is the idea that the second home is a place for the family that provides a sense of place, home, identity and continuity. The emotional, social, functional and economic meanings given to these places make them potentially problematic to manage and share within a family and through generations. In order to develop our analytical framework for understanding this, we will build on geographical works on farm property, enactment, emotional relations, transgenerational family practices and a life course perspective. The three analysed materials show that second home usage within families and over generations is common and wanted but also filled with wishes and difficulties. This paper only scratches the surface of these issues and we see a need for further exploration and analysis of the emotional, social and material values and relations to second homes, and the users’ approaches regarding this. Our long-term approach in coming studies will provide insights into the complex situations where decisions are made regarding the future of second homes as well as increase our understanding of settlement and living patterns in Sweden in the coming years.
This thesis investigates the reclamation of mires (fens and bogs) in Sweden
with a focus on the e... more This thesis investigates the reclamation of mires (fens and bogs) in Sweden with a focus on the early modern period. Today, the mires are valued natural habitats and their cultivation is controversial. International research describes wetland reclamation and the related knowledge transfer between European countries already from the 12th century. In Sweden, despite some early records of reclamation of mires in the 17th century, has earlier research focused on reclamation during the 19th and 20th centuries. The aim of the thesis is to study the landscape, actors and driving forces behind the early reclamation (before 1800). Understanding the early reclamation can provide a new perspective on current views on wetlands. It is also an interesting example of how the landscape is changed constantly by people with different goals through history. The subject is studied through a multimethod approach using sources such as historical maps, diaries, 17th- and 18th-century literature and place names. The main conclusions of the study are that reclamation of mires is seen already in 17th-century maps, with local wider distribution during the 18th century. The crown and scientists expressed a growing interest in reclamation of the mires from the early 18th century. Links to Europe, in particular Holland, can be seen within this discourse. In both literature and the experimentation that took place, the Swedish migrant group, the Dalecarlians, played a key role. They shared with the early Dutch groups the practical knowledge needed in major reclamation projects. Furthermore, this study shows that a number of actors assumed at various times the role of mobile innovation spreaders. Dutch farmers and experts, labour migrants, landlords and scientists all acted to spread knowledge of mire reclamation. Ample resources, networking and geographical mobility appear to have been prerequisites for all actors, from peasants to landlords, but they had different underlying motives for the practice.
Ofta beskrivs torpens historia utifrån berättelser om 1800-talets torparfamiljer som slet på sina... more Ofta beskrivs torpens historia utifrån berättelser om 1800-talets torparfamiljer som slet på sina små jordbruk och att många av dessa torp sedan blivit idylliska sommarstugor. Vi vill stanna upp lite i perioden som var mellan tiden då torpen beboddes av jordbrukande torpare som gjorde dagsverken åt markägaren och tiden då sommartorparna vilar ut med en kaffe på trappen. För de två faserna är inte hela historien om dessa platser. Denna mellanfas har dock sällan studerats eller ens dokumenterats. Här gräver vi därför djupare kring torpen under 1900-talet för att visa vilka som faktiskt använt torpen under den här mellanfasen under efterkrigstiden och framåt och för att förstå mer om den här dolda delen av torpens historia. I tidigare studier, litteratur och media har det ibland skymtat fram att torpen, förutom att vara torparnas eller sommartorparnas, också kan ha varit platser för de gamla, "tokiga" och skygga. Att de har varit, och fortfarande kan vara platser i marginalen där lite andra livsformer funnits eller finns. I förhållande till den huvudgård dit torpet hörde, låg torpen oftast på marginella platser i gårdens utkanter, längs med vägar eller i skogen på utmarken. Den här artikelns studieobjekt ligger således i marginalen såväl tidsmässigt och rumsligt som socialt.
Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography, 2022
ABSTRACT In Sweden, common elementary schools (folkskolan) were introduced in the 1840s. As a con... more ABSTRACT In Sweden, common elementary schools (folkskolan) were introduced in the 1840s. As a consequence, children started walking to and from school several days per week. The school route, as both place and practice, impacted society and families; it created new ways and needs in everyday life. From a time-geographic perspective, the article investigates children’s mobility in everyday life in order to understand what walking to school encompassed. Moreover, whereas the common narrative of school routes in the past emphasizes distances and challenges of the journeys it often omits the adult world’s comprehension and involvement. The aim of the article is to increase understandings of the school route as a phenomenon and its meanings in everyday life from a historical perspective. Through qualitative analysis of memoirs and societal discussions, the authors focus on the difficulties (conceptualized as “weights”) that the school routes could entail and how the adult world tried to manage them (conceptualized as “reliefs”). One conclusion is that society and families were aware of, and tried to deal with, those hardships, and a second is that the school route was more than a distance. In this regard, variations in families’ geographical and socioeconomic positions and the physical landscape played crucial roles.
Utifran tvarvetenskapliga perspektiv och metoder, hamtade fran etnologin och kulturgeografin, och... more Utifran tvarvetenskapliga perspektiv och metoder, hamtade fran etnologin och kulturgeografin, och med en empirisk utgangspunkt i tre kulturmiljoer som forvaltas av Statens fastighetsverk (SFV) i Sv ...
Today, about 50 % of the population in Sweden has access to a second home through their family. W... more Today, about 50 % of the population in Sweden has access to a second home through their family. We are now, and in the coming years, entering a time of changes in usage and ownership for many second homes. This could result in outcomes like fragmented ownership, conflicts between legal and perceived rights of use and issues around management, succession or sale that affect maintenance and usage of the second home. The reason for this is an assumed increase of generational changes and shared usage and ownership of second homes following the boom of second homes in the 1960s and 70s and the increased average age of the owners. The aim of this paper is to start to analyse second home users’ enactment, which includes their thinking, feeling and acting, of their second home in relation to existing or future shared usage/ownership and generational changes at the second home. In order to discuss this we ask: How is the situation with shared usage of second homes and the intersection of gen...
This thesis investigates the reclamation of mires (fens and bogs) in Sweden with a focus on the e... more This thesis investigates the reclamation of mires (fens and bogs) in Sweden with a focus on the early modern period. Today, the mires are valued natural habitats and their cultivation is controvers ...
Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift - Norwegian Journal of Geography, 2022
In Sweden, common elementary schools (folkskolan) were introduced in the 1840s. As a consequence,... more In Sweden, common elementary schools (folkskolan) were introduced in the 1840s. As a consequence, children started walking to and from school several days per week. The school route, as both place and practice, impacted society and families; it created new ways and needs in everyday life. From a time-geographic perspective, the article investigates children's mobility in everyday life in order to understand what walking to school encompassed. Moreover, whereas the common narrative of school routes in the past emphasizes distances and challenges of the journeys it often omits the adult world's comprehension and involvement. The aim of the article is to increase understandings of the school route as a phenomenon and its meanings in everyday life from a historical perspective. Through qualitative analysis of memoirs and societal discussions, the authors focus on the difficulties (conceptualized as "weights") that the school routes could entail and how the adult world tried to manage them (conceptualized as "reliefs"). One conclusion is that society and families were aware of, and tried to deal with, those hardships, and a second is that the school route was more than a distance. In this regard, variations in families' geographical and socioeconomic positions and the physical landscape played crucial roles.
Utifrån tvärvetenskapliga perspektiv och metoder, hämtade från etnologin och kulturgeografin, och... more Utifrån tvärvetenskapliga perspektiv och metoder, hämtade från etnologin och kulturgeografin, och med en empirisk utgångspunkt i tre kulturmiljöer som förvaltas av Statens fastighetsverk (SFV) i Sverige, analyserar artikeln historiebruk i form av kulturarvsproduktion och föreslår ett applicerbart normkritiskt samt i förlängningen normkreativt angreppssätt för att möjliggöra alternativa, varierade och mer inkluderande historieskildringar kring kulturmiljöer. Genom att utveckla och integrera dessa synsätt och verktyg vill artikeln argumentera för att man får tillgång till nya berättelser om platsen; berättelser som går utöver den traditionella, „normala“ historien om staten, enskilda byggnaders materiella utformning och den sociokulturella och ekonomiska eliten. En långsiktig effekt blir att det möjliggör ökad mångfald och inkludering både i fråga om förmedling och representation av platser som komplexa rumsliga och sociokulturella helheter.
Ofta beskrivs torpens historia utifrån berättelser om 1800-talets torparfamiljer som slet på sina... more Ofta beskrivs torpens historia utifrån berättelser om 1800-talets torparfamiljer som slet på sina små jordbruk och att många av dessa torp sedan blivit idylliska sommarstugor. Vi vill stanna upp lite i perioden som var mellan tiden då torpen beboddes av jordbrukande torpare som gjorde dagsverken åt markägaren och tiden då sommartorparna vilar ut med en kaffe på trappen. För de två faserna är inte hela historien om dessa platser. Denna mellanfas har dock sällan studerats eller ens dokumenterats. Här gräver vi därför djupare kring torpen under 1900-talet för att visa vilka som faktiskt använt torpen under den här mellanfasen under efterkrigstiden och framåt och för att förstå mer om den här dolda delen av torpens historia. I tidigare studier, litteratur och media har det ibland skymtat fram att torpen, förutom att vara torparnas eller sommartorparnas, också kan ha varit platser för de gamla, "tokiga" och skygga. Att de har varit, och fortfarande kan vara platser i marginalen där lite andra livsformer funnits eller finns. I förhållande till den huvudgård dit torpet hörde, låg torpen oftast på marginella platser i gårdens utkanter, längs med vägar eller i skogen på utmarken. Den här artikelns studieobjekt ligger således i marginalen såväl tidsmässigt och rumsligt som socialt.
Today, about 50 % of the population in Sweden has access to a second home through their family. W... more Today, about 50 % of the population in Sweden has access to a second home through their family. We are now, and in the coming years, entering a time of changes in usage and ownership for many second homes. This could result in outcomes like fragmented ownership, conflicts between legal and perceived rights of use and issues around management, succession or sale that affect maintenance and usage of the second home. The reason for this is an assumed increase of generational changes and shared usage and ownership of second homes following the boom of second homes in the 1960s and 70s and the increased average age of the owners. The aim of this paper is to start to analyse second home users’ enactment, which includes their thinking, feeling and acting, of their second home in relation to existing or future shared usage/ownership and generational changes at the second home. In order to discuss this we ask: How is the situation with shared usage of second homes and the intersection of generations at second homes experienced and described in society and among second home users? Three different materials are used: a questionnaire survey of second home users, interviews with second home users and media texts. The motive for the research is the idea that the second home is a place for the family that provides a sense of place, home, identity and continuity. The emotional, social, functional and economic meanings given to these places make them potentially problematic to manage and share within a family and through generations. In order to develop our analytical framework for understanding this, we will build on geographical works on farm property, enactment, emotional relations, transgenerational family practices and a life course perspective. The three analysed materials show that second home usage within families and over generations is common and wanted but also filled with wishes and difficulties. This paper only scratches the surface of these issues and we see a need for further exploration and analysis of the emotional, social and material values and relations to second homes, and the users’ approaches regarding this. Our long-term approach in coming studies will provide insights into the complex situations where decisions are made regarding the future of second homes as well as increase our understanding of settlement and living patterns in Sweden in the coming years.
This thesis investigates the reclamation of mires (fens and bogs) in Sweden
with a focus on the e... more This thesis investigates the reclamation of mires (fens and bogs) in Sweden with a focus on the early modern period. Today, the mires are valued natural habitats and their cultivation is controversial. International research describes wetland reclamation and the related knowledge transfer between European countries already from the 12th century. In Sweden, despite some early records of reclamation of mires in the 17th century, has earlier research focused on reclamation during the 19th and 20th centuries. The aim of the thesis is to study the landscape, actors and driving forces behind the early reclamation (before 1800). Understanding the early reclamation can provide a new perspective on current views on wetlands. It is also an interesting example of how the landscape is changed constantly by people with different goals through history. The subject is studied through a multimethod approach using sources such as historical maps, diaries, 17th- and 18th-century literature and place names. The main conclusions of the study are that reclamation of mires is seen already in 17th-century maps, with local wider distribution during the 18th century. The crown and scientists expressed a growing interest in reclamation of the mires from the early 18th century. Links to Europe, in particular Holland, can be seen within this discourse. In both literature and the experimentation that took place, the Swedish migrant group, the Dalecarlians, played a key role. They shared with the early Dutch groups the practical knowledge needed in major reclamation projects. Furthermore, this study shows that a number of actors assumed at various times the role of mobile innovation spreaders. Dutch farmers and experts, labour migrants, landlords and scientists all acted to spread knowledge of mire reclamation. Ample resources, networking and geographical mobility appear to have been prerequisites for all actors, from peasants to landlords, but they had different underlying motives for the practice.
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with a focus on the early modern period. Today, the mires are valued natural
habitats and their cultivation is controversial. International research describes
wetland reclamation and the related knowledge transfer between
European countries already from the 12th century. In Sweden, despite some
early records of reclamation of mires in the 17th century, has earlier research
focused on reclamation during the 19th and 20th centuries. The aim of the
thesis is to study the landscape, actors and driving forces behind the early
reclamation (before 1800). Understanding the early reclamation can provide
a new perspective on current views on wetlands. It is also an interesting example
of how the landscape is changed constantly by people with different
goals through history. The subject is studied through a multimethod approach
using sources such as historical maps, diaries, 17th- and 18th-century
literature and place names. The main conclusions of the study are that reclamation
of mires is seen already in 17th-century maps, with local wider distribution
during the 18th century. The crown and scientists expressed a
growing interest in reclamation of the mires from the early 18th century.
Links to Europe, in particular Holland, can be seen within this discourse. In
both literature and the experimentation that took place, the Swedish migrant
group, the Dalecarlians, played a key role. They shared with the early Dutch
groups the practical knowledge needed in major reclamation projects. Furthermore,
this study shows that a number of actors assumed at various times
the role of mobile innovation spreaders. Dutch farmers and experts, labour
migrants, landlords and scientists all acted to spread knowledge of mire reclamation.
Ample resources, networking and geographical mobility appear to
have been prerequisites for all actors, from peasants to landlords, but they
had different underlying motives for the practice.
with a focus on the early modern period. Today, the mires are valued natural
habitats and their cultivation is controversial. International research describes
wetland reclamation and the related knowledge transfer between
European countries already from the 12th century. In Sweden, despite some
early records of reclamation of mires in the 17th century, has earlier research
focused on reclamation during the 19th and 20th centuries. The aim of the
thesis is to study the landscape, actors and driving forces behind the early
reclamation (before 1800). Understanding the early reclamation can provide
a new perspective on current views on wetlands. It is also an interesting example
of how the landscape is changed constantly by people with different
goals through history. The subject is studied through a multimethod approach
using sources such as historical maps, diaries, 17th- and 18th-century
literature and place names. The main conclusions of the study are that reclamation
of mires is seen already in 17th-century maps, with local wider distribution
during the 18th century. The crown and scientists expressed a
growing interest in reclamation of the mires from the early 18th century.
Links to Europe, in particular Holland, can be seen within this discourse. In
both literature and the experimentation that took place, the Swedish migrant
group, the Dalecarlians, played a key role. They shared with the early Dutch
groups the practical knowledge needed in major reclamation projects. Furthermore,
this study shows that a number of actors assumed at various times
the role of mobile innovation spreaders. Dutch farmers and experts, labour
migrants, landlords and scientists all acted to spread knowledge of mire reclamation.
Ample resources, networking and geographical mobility appear to
have been prerequisites for all actors, from peasants to landlords, but they
had different underlying motives for the practice.