Mental Geographies of Home and Place: Introduction to the Special Issue

Reinders, Leeke; Land, Marco van der

doi:10.1080/14036090601150998

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“…Literature to date has acknowledged that people attach different meanings to the same residential environment or dwelling feature as environmental objects may afford different functions to individuals (Zwarts and Coolen 2006). The tendency towards multilocational household structures confirms the need for a more contextualised view on the meaning of dwelling and at the same time supports the geographically elastic concept of home that has been pointed out in recent research about the meaning of home (Massey 1992;McHugh and Mings 1996;Reinders and Van der Land 2008;Mallett 2004;Fog Olwig 1999). In light of the diverse affordances that a dwelling and its environment have for different individuals and the many understandings of the concept of home (see Mallett 2004), the phenomenon of residing in multiple localities for job reasons raises further questions about the effects a mobile lifestyle has on the meaning of dwelling and home.…”

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Dwelling conditions and preferences in a multilocational way of life for job reasons

Reuschke

2011

J Hous and the Built Environ

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Job-induced commuting between two residences has attracted interest from both academia and the public in recent years. However, housing issues in a multilocational way of life are barely addressed in research to date. In this paper commuters' dwelling experiences, dwelling and residential environment preferences and non-preferences at both residences are investigated from the perspective of the individual. The data presented in this paper are based on quantitative and qualitative methods. Particular dwelling profiles of commuters at their secondary residence are derived from multivariate analyses. Concerning objective dwelling conditions and subjective dwelling preferences at the secondary residence a distinction between five types of dwelling of commuters becomes apparent: a first group who can realise their preferences for higher amenity values, (2) commuters with very small and simple dwellings and overall low dwelling needs, (3) commuters with sizeable, high standard secondary dwellings and overall high dwelling preferences, (4) commuters who cannot fulfil their dwelling preferences at the secondary residence, and (5) commuters with dwelling preferences lower than the actual dwelling conditions offer. Corresponding to the wide range of dwelling arrangements, the meanings that commuters attach to their secondary dwelling differ remarkably. The secondary dwelling is perceived by some as a working base, for others it is a place of well-being and intimacy or a second home. Dwelling conditions and preferences at the job-used secondary residence are influenced by commuting arrangement, household/family lifecycle, employment conditions, and lifestyle.

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Dwelling conditions and preferences in a multilocational way of life for job reasons

Reuschke

2011

J Hous and the Built Environ

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“…Home-making practices—which can also be applied to sections of neighbourhoods as will be done in this paper—take place against the backdrop of permanency and movement, staying and leaving, continuity (practices of everyday life) and discontinuity (changes which threaten everyday practices) (Mallet 2004 , p. 79; Martucci 2013 ; Reinders and van der Land 2008 , p. 7).…”

Section: Home and Belongingmentioning

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Tenure mix: apart or together? Home-making practices and belonging in a Dutch street

Smets¹,

Sneep²

2015

J Hous and the Built Environ

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This paper discusses home-making practices and senses of belonging in a street in a disadvantaged neighbourhood in the south of the Netherlands. The local tenure mix of tenants and owner-occupiers offers insight into the role class and ethnicity play in social mixing. Therefore, attention is paid to narratives and the informal organisation of different living spaces and territory-making practices. Here, the domestic space could be experienced as a vehicle of intimacy and sociability, or conversely as encouraging alienation. Such practices, in combination with length of stay result in mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion. The insights derived from this study will contribute to the theoretical discussion on home-making practices and belonging.

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“…Research on home has been conducted in, and across, a number of disciplines including anthropology, sociology, social geography, cultural studies, housing and architecture. There is not the scope here to go into a detailed outline of each of these disciplines' contributions but some descriptions of home have included home as: a shelter and place of security (Bauman, 1996;Sibley, 2001;Watson and Austerberry, 1986), the location of important social relations (Bahlool, 1996;Davidson, 2008;Massey, 1992), intimacy (Boym, 2000), privacy (Reinders and van der Land, 2008) and choice and control (Watson and Austerberry, 1986). Van Horst (2004) and Despres (1991) conclude that a unanimous meaning of home has eluded those writing on the topic.…”

Section: Home and Mobilitymentioning

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Home journeys: Im/mobilities in young refugee and asylum-seeking women’s negotiations of home

Sirriyeh

2010

Childhood

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Research with refugees and asylum seekers tends to be divided into research with adults or research with children under the age of 18. This is despite relational approaches to studying age that contest such dichotomous and fixed understandings of ‘life-stages’. This article seeks to provide an insight into the experiences of young women who in legal, policy and migration research terms are placed along the borders of this category divide. The article explores the experiences of young (16- to 25-year-old) refugee and asylum-seeking women in the UK and examines the role of im/mobility in their negotiations of home.

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Mental Geographies of Home and Place: Introduction to the Special Issue

Cited by 33 publications

References 45 publications

Dwelling conditions and preferences in a multilocational way of life for job reasons

Dwelling conditions and preferences in a multilocational way of life for job reasons

Tenure mix: apart or together? Home-making practices and belonging in a Dutch street

Home journeys: Im/mobilities in young refugee and asylum-seeking women’s negotiations of home

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