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Introduction to thinking place: materiality, atmospheres and spaces of belonging

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dc.contributor.authorde la Fuente, E.
dc.contributor.authorGibson, M.
dc.contributor.authorWalsh, M.J.
dc.contributor.authorSzypielewicz, M.
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThis introduction positions the special issue by highlighting the inherent relationality of place as well as how place is not just an object of analysis but something that shapes thinking, writing and experiences of the world. We reflect on why sociology has found it somewhat more difficult than its social science counterparts to give place the centrality it merits, and discuss whether this reflects a problem with dealing with questions of ‘scale’ and thinking the ‘in-betweenness’ of place. We assess important formulations of place in recent place theories, including non-essentialist framings of place such as ‘progressive’ and as ‘assemblage’. We make a case for seeing the articles in this special issue (and Thesis Eleven’s own long history of publishing writing on the topic of place) as resonating with the themes of place as materiality, atmospheres and spaces of belonging.
dc.identifier.citationThesis Eleven, 2022; 172(1):3-15
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/07255136221133168
dc.identifier.issn0725-5136
dc.identifier.issn1461-7455
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11541.2/31718
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSage Publications
dc.rightsCopyright 2022 The Author(s)
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/07255136221133168
dc.subjectatmospheres
dc.subjectbelonging
dc.subjectmateriality
dc.subjectplace
dc.subjectscale
dc.titleIntroduction to thinking place: materiality, atmospheres and spaces of belonging
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished
ror.mmsid9916700930701831

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