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Mattias Kärrholm

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The Territorialisation of the Grocery Shopper: eco-ethical asceticism and environmental nostalgia.

Author

  • Mattias Kärrholm
  • Anna Petersson

Editor

  • Andrea Mubi Brighenti
  • Mattias Kärrholm

Summary, in English

In this chapter we focus on the territorialisation of grocery shoppers and their routes and routines in the city district Western Harbour in Malmö. The Western Harbour is an urban area close to the sea that was built to afford a sustainable and ecologically-friendly way of life. Here we are interested in how the mundane territorialised role of the grocery shopper has evolved among the inhabitants of this area, as well as in the impact of the design and aesthetics of the built environment on this process of territorialisation. The study is primarily based on six residents’ experiences of shopping, where routines and routes have been investigated through semi-structured interviews supplemented by participant-produced photographs and captions. Based on the findings, we discuss how eco-ethical and ascetic practices are developed in relation to the environment, as well as the role of different aspects and feelings of environmental nostalgia in stabilising the peculiar territorial role and sort of the grocery shopper.

Department/s

  • Centre for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies (CMES)
  • Form, design, culture
  • Department of Architecture and Built Environment

Publishing year

2022-04-19

Language

English

Pages

153-173

Publication/Series

Territories, Environments, Governance: Explorations in Territoriology

Document type

Book chapter

Publisher

Routledge

Topic

  • Human Geography

Status

Published

Project

  • Urban design and everyday life choices: On the built environment as a co-producer

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISBN: 9781032051666