Orkney Community Empowerment Project (OrkCEmP) is part of the RESAS Theme 8 (Work Package 8.2) work on 'Governance and Decision-making for community empowerment in rural communities', running from 2011-2016. It aims to explore perceptions and experiences of living in Scotland’s rural communities such as Orkney, and the challenges and opportunities this provides.
Qualitative, ethnographic study in Orkney; semi-structured interviews; postal questionnaire; observations.
- Rural governance includes local and non-local actors and institutions (Climate Challenge Fund)
- Community engagement varies over the life course
- Perceptions of community utilise non-instrumental notions of history, sense of place, family, identity and emotional ties
- Governing through community utilises instrumental goals and targets, which may limit engagement and inclusion because these understandings are different from everyday meanings of history, place and family.
Liz Dinnie [1], Petra Lackova [2]
Links:
[1] mailto:Liz.Dinnie@hutton.ac.uk
[2] mailto:Petra.Lackova@hutton.ac.uk
[3] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/staff/liz-dinnie
[4] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/research/departments/social-economic-and-geographical-sciences
[5] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/research/segs-active-projects
[6] https://www.hutton.ac.uk/research/segs-archived-projects