Helena Holgersson & Erik Florin Persson

Helena Holgersson holds a PhD in Sociology and works as a Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the Department of Cultural Sciences at Gothenburg University, Sweden. Helena Holgersson has done research on irregular migration, gentrification and post-political urban planning. Among her recent publications are "Revisiting the Urban Frontier Through the Case of New Kvillebäcken" (City No 5-2016) with Catharina Thörn, and "Keep Walking: Notes on How to Research Urban Pasts and Futures" in (Charlotte Bates & Alex Rhys-Taylor) Walking Through Social Research (Routledge, 2017). Erik Florin Persson is a Ph.D. candidate in Film Studies at the University of Gothenburg. His dissertation project concerns the municipal use of film and other audio-visual media in the city of Gothenburg from the late 1930s to the mid-2010s. His most recent publication is "Useful cinema and the dynamic film history beyond the national archive: Locating municipally sponsored Swedish city films in local archives', in Journal of Scandinavian Cinema, 7:2, 2017. He is also on the editorial board of the Swedish cultural journal Ord&Bild.

no. 1, Roundtables, vol. 3March 9, 2018<March 9, 2018

The Lingering Presence of Richard Florida in Gothenburg’s Future Vision

In the final post of the Roundtable, Helena Holgersson and Erik Florin Persson address the role of Richard Florida's ideas in Gothenburg's self-presentation and self-conception.

no. 1, Roundtables, vol. 3February 26, 2018<February 26, 2018

A Deceptive Return to Welfare State Rhetoric in the Marketing Initiatives of Gothenburg

Helena Holgersson & Erik Florin Persson explore Gothenberg's new promotional films, and trace their attempted resuscitation of older notions of community and government