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Meaning-making in the practice of collaboration: how implicit normative structures guide collaborative processes around contested natural resource issues

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  • Lotten Westberg
  • Hanna Bergeå
  • Lars Hallgren

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Although communication is considered crucial for collaboration in natural resource management (NRM), its role has so far been superficially studied. In this paper, we present a way to investigate this communication by focusing on its implicit aspects. We observed and examined communication in three processes that aimed to find solutions to predator-reindeer problems through collaboration between reindeer herders and wildlife authorities in northern Sweden. Despite the three processes sharing the same external and internal conditions, they developed in completely different directions. We explain this by considering each process as a social practice and identifying the character of the normative structures guiding its members’ sense-making and action. We show how the structures emerged, were reproduced and affected the course of events and outcomes of each process. We conclude that recognising the significance of the implicit aspects of communication offers novel opportunities to better understand collaboration in NRM.

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  • Lotten Westberg & Hanna Bergeå & Lars Hallgren, 2024. "Meaning-making in the practice of collaboration: how implicit normative structures guide collaborative processes around contested natural resource issues," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 67(9), pages 2035-2054, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:67:y:2024:i:9:p:2035-2054
    DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2024.2326121
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