Project - IDENTERRA OESTE
Objectives
Summary The IDENTERRA Project is an attempt to bring forward a new conceptual and methodological framework for the study of territorial identities in the context of globalized economy and culture. The complex and ambiguous concept of territorial identity will be translated into an analytical category, equipped by methods and tools for identification, recording and assessment of its multifaceted features. This should enable empirical recording of the traditional and emerging, actual and perceived physical- and human-related identity features and, at the same time, of the interests, struggles and power relations among local and global development stakeholders. Such an analytical framework will be applied in pilot field studies in the "Oeste" Region of Portugal, where the issue of "competitive territorial identity" has been placed high on the development policy agenda. Ample empirical evidence will be sought about the role of development stakeholders in producing and consuming territorial identities of this Region. Activities
 - I ENRI/TERCUD Seminar, Lillehammer, June 2005   - II ENRI/TERCUD Seminar, Lisbon, June 2006
National partnerships
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Contacts TERCUD - Territory, Culture and Development Research Centre Tel: + 351 21 751 55 00 (Ext: 2267) |