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This thesis details a discourse analysis of the discourse on sustainable urban development, among... more This thesis details a discourse analysis of the discourse on sustainable urban development, amongst participants of a co-creative arena called Southern City Network. For over four years, participants of this arena have attempted to arrive at a joint commitment on how sustainable urban development should be understood and acted on within the arena. I propose that this inertia can be explored by investigating how sustainable urban development is enacted in discourse, while paying close attention to the affective dimension of language-use. The overall research theme of the thesis targets meaning and conflict in discursive practices, while highlighting the affective dimension of language-use. The casestudy and overall research themes are positioned within the post-foundational Discourse Theory of Ernesto Laclau and supplemented with readings of a Lacanian-orientation. The aim of the research strategy is to identify points of sedimentation and contestation to the discursive practice on s...
This thesis details a discourse analysis of the discourse on sustainable urban development, among... more This thesis details a discourse analysis of the discourse on sustainable urban development, amongst participants of a co-creative arena called Southern City Network. For over four years, participants of this arena have attempted to arrive at a joint commitment on how sustainable urban development should be understood and acted on within the arena. I propose that this inertia can be explored by investigating how sustainable urban development is enacted in discourse, while paying close attention to the affective dimension of language-use. The overall research theme of the thesis targets meaning and conflict in discursive practices, while highlighting the affective dimension of language-use. The casestudy and overall research themes are positioned within the post-foundational Discourse Theory of Ernesto Laclau and supplemented with readings of a Lacanian-orientation. The aim of the research strategy is to identify points of sedimentation and contestation to the discursive practice on s...