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Cultural heritage, entrepreneurship

and local movement

Centre for Regional Science - Martin Paju

Nordic Networking Event Economics and Built Heritage

Hämeenlinna, Finland

February 12-13, 2007

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1.Starting point2.Some theoretical aspects 3.Entrepreneurship in a destination context4.Results & conclusions

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Theoretical views

- Distinctions between different forms of social actions; (Objective, Value, Affective,Traditional) M Weber

- Three concepts of historical use; (antiquarian, monumental, critical) F Nietzsche

- Social capital and trust in economic relations; R Putnam- From competitive advantage to corporate strategy; M

Porter - Eco-strategies – Sandell (2005)

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Usage by the rural community

The “tracked” landscape

The “lived” landscape

To “change”

To “preserve”

Enjoyment by rural community

Museum for guided consumption

Factory of activityproduction

Eco-strategies – Sandell (2005)

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C

Density, region enlargement and heritage value.

A

BD

If several objects, through joint information and development, are gathered to a more dense structure extended potential attractiveness will be achieved.

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Conceptualisation of industrial heritage.

Name Supported by

Kingdom of Crystal Orrefors-Kosta-Boda

Vallonbruken in Uppland Sandvik Coromant,

Forsmark Power Plant

Kingdom of Cheese Norrmejerier

Golden Kingdom Boliden Mineral AB

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Golden Kingdom – Gold of Lapland

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The SAGA Cinema in ADAK

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St. Anne’s Subterranean Church

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Norsjö aerial tramway is a 13.163 kilometre long cabin railway between Örträsk and Mensträsk in the municipality of Norsjö in Västerbotten. In service for passenger traffic in 1989.

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Svansele Wildernesscenter

The mine of wilderness

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The Big Moose - Conferencecenter

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Scale of preservation strategies

Conservation (preservation of static)

Exploitation (changes by economic reasons acceptable)

Ruin (provided disrepair without any active actions)

Preservation (some changes by functional reasons acceptable)

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Entrepreneurship: Themes ordered after activity, management and organisation.

• Idealistic: e.g. activities preformed by social associations, village communities and single local groups.

• Commercial: Different kind of private profit based businesses.

• Public management: e.g. communities, county administration, public authorities

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Types of entrepreneurship

• Lifestyle• Idealistic collective• Maximization of profit• Compulsion• Public administration /

/management

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• Enthusiastic phase (ordinary industry goes down, visions for preservation is formed, believing in new regional development)

• EU-phase (Plans, visions and objectives is formed in accordance with EU-regulations. Different types of entrepreneurship. Local and regional funds are active. Arguments moves from ”preservation” towards ”economic” and ”tourist” project.

• Entrepreneurial phase (Increased claims on financial capacity, single firms shows interest, difficulties to assert heritage perspectives)

• Total phase (increased acceptance in general, other tourist organisations are linked)

• ??

Destination project- what kind of phenomena is this?

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Some conclusions• The entrepreneur is less dependent in relation to

public authorities• The entrepreneur is more dependent in relation

to the local community and its informal networks• Regional concepts with industrial heritage can

stimulate attitude changes against and between public authorities/local government

• Tensions between antiquarian and commercial perspectives are weak

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Cultural heritage, entrepreneurship and local movement

Centre for Regional Science

martin.paju@cerum.umu.se

Further readings

www.umu.se/cerum