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Storytelling as Method in Spatial Planning

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  • Maartje Bulkens
  • Claudio Minca
  • Hamzah Muzaini

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Drawing on the case of the Wageningse Eng in the Netherlands, this paper considers the role of "storytelling" within spatial planning practices. It moves away, though, from seeing it as merely a model of spatial planning, where "storytelling" is sometimes used to justify planners' ideals for the landscape, or a model for spatial planning, which pushes for a normative use of "storytelling" as a means of encapsulating local knowledge and the views of those who live in, and use, the landscape. Rather, the paper engages "storytelling" as a method for revealing how formal planning practices may be destabilized by more vernacular narratives seeking to subvert dominant discourses and processes. In doing so, it seeks to not only show the contested nature of participatory planning within the Netherlands, but also the ways in which narratives--as revealed via such a method--construct specific positionalities with real implications for notions of inclusivity within planning practices.

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  • Maartje Bulkens & Claudio Minca & Hamzah Muzaini, 2015. "Storytelling as Method in Spatial Planning," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(11), pages 2310-2326, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:23:y:2015:i:11:p:2310-2326
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2014.942600
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    1. Edoardo Fregonese & Isabella M. Lami & Elena Todella, 2020. "Aesthetic Perspectives in Group Decision and Negotiation Practice," Group Decision and Negotiation, Springer, vol. 29(6), pages 993-1019, December.
    2. Younes Rifaad & Nele Aernouts, 2023. "Challenging the Master Narrative on Large-Scale Social Estates: Exploring Counterstories Through Digital Storytelling," Urban Planning, Cogitatio Press, vol. 8(2), pages 347-358.
    3. Crystal Taylor & Qinghong Wei, 2020. "Storytelling and Arts to Facilitate Community Capacity Building for Urban Planning and Social Work," Societies, MDPI, vol. 10(3), pages 1-15, September.

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