THE CLEARING — MEMORIAL AT UTØYA, NORWAY

Abstract

The Clearing at Utøya Island in Norway tells the story about nature as a healing landscape. The essence of nature is that it can, through transformation, slowly erase all traces of the tragic events that happened here. With the changing of the seasons, as the waves wash away the shore, new growth can begin. To support and strengthen the natural cycle in landscape cultivating, nature in itself can help us to get a better understanding of life and death. The Clearing is a project that has been selected by the parents and politicians themselves and has also been built together with them. In that sense, one can read here the way Norwegian society has decided to deal with such a tragic event.

Keywords

The Clearing / Memorial Landscape / Utøya / Gun Crime / Healing Landscape

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2016 Higher Education Press