Ruralscapes ‑ A research agenda into community led and sustainable local development in the cultural and creative industries

The cultural and creative industries (CCI) has in the 21^st century often been elevated as a tool for sustainable development in cities as well as rural regions. This includes the developing organizations and businesses in the core of the cultural industry sector, but also ones the wider creative industry, and the vital role the sector often plays in tourism ventures.

Questions on factors regarding how and why certain ventures in the intersection of tourism and the CCI succeed and some do not is the centre of this project, with a particular focus on rural and peripheral perspectives.

Within the framework of Leader Local Action Groups (LAGs) in Sweden, Italy, and Spain, this project aims to contribute with applied R&D around how to best support ventures and business in the tourism / CCI intersection in rural contexts.

Conferences

The New Metropolitan Perspective International Symposium 5th edition 25.05.2022 - 27.05.2022

Publications

Skoglund, W. & Rennemo, Ø. (2022). Craft Breweries and the Corona Crisis–Exploring the Scandinavian Context. I Lect. Notes Networks Syst... S. 246--256.  

Meijerborg, M. , Sandström, F. & Laven, D. (2022). Lifestyle Migration and Rural Development : The Experience of Kaxås in the Periphery of Sweden. I Lect. Notes Networks Syst... S. 234--245.

Gathen, C. , Skoglund, W. & Laven, D. (2020). The unesco creative cities network : A case study of city branding. I Smart Innov. Syst. Technol... S. 727--737.

Nicolosi, A. , Laganà, V. R. , Laven, D. , Marcianò, C. & Skoglund, W. (2019). Consumer Habits of Local Food : Perspectives from Northern Sweden. Sustainability, vol. 11: 23.

Marcianò, C.,  Salerno, G.,  Palladino, M., Cafiero, C., and Romeo, G. (2022) Gastronomy and Tourism in Remote European Areas: Towards a Food and Wine Atlas of the Metropolitan City of Reggio Calabria.  In: Calabrò, F., Della Spina, L., Piñeira Mantiñán, M.J. (eds) New Metropolitan Perspectives. NMP 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 482. Springer, Cham.

Grisafi, A.J. (2022). Development Processes in European Marginal Areas: An Investigation in the UNESCO Gastronomic Creative City of Östersund in Sweden. In: Calabrò, F., Della Spina, L., Piñeira Mantiñán, M.J. (eds) New Metropolitan Perspectives. NMP 2022. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 482. Springer, Cham.

Skoglund, W. & Marciano, C. (2024). Ruralscapes - A research agenda into community led and sustainable local development in the cultural and creative industries. Mid Sweden University/Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria.