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The Dortmund Case — On the Enactment of an Urban Economic Imaginary

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Launched in the year 2000, the so-called Dortmund Project was a 10-year local development initiative aimed at creating 70,000 new jobs and redeveloping the old industrial sites in Dortmund, a city in the Ruhr area of Germany. The project's proclaimed vision of a ‘new Dortmund’ is seen as a part of a new imaginary. This article uses a praxeological perspective to work out the enactment practices in this imaginary, viewing them as various nexuses of doings and sayings. In doing so, it stresses the relevance of the production and influence of different reports in this process and seeks to offer an insight into the complexity of the setting in which this imaginary was enacted.

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  • Michael Jonas, 2014. "The Dortmund Case — On the Enactment of an Urban Economic Imaginary," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 38(6), pages 2123-2140, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ijurrs:v:38:y:2014:i:6:p:2123-2140
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