Narratives of Identity and Place

Taylor, Stephanie

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“…The social construction of place meanings is also a central concern of an emerging tradition of discursive research on space and place (see Aiello & Bonauito, 2003;Auburn & Barnes, 2006;Benwell & Stokoe, 2006, chapter 6;Bonauito & Bonnes, 2000;Dixon & Durrheim, 2000;Taylor, 2010), which capitalises on the earlier 'turn to discourse' in social psychology (Harre & Gillet, 1994;Potter & Wetherell, 1987;Edwards & Potter, 1992;Edwards, 1997;Potter, 1996). Work in this tradition re-specifies the focus of environmental research in a number of ways.…”

Section: Place Meanings: From Subjective Representation To Rhetoricalmentioning

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On the contested nature of place: ‘Figuera’s Well’, ‘The Hole of Shame’ and the ideological struggle over public space in Barcelona

Masso

Dixon

Pol

2011

Journal of Environmental Psychology

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This paper explores some of the discursive practices through which the place meanings are formulated, warranted and, above all, contested. Drawing particularly on the work of the social psychologist Michael Billig, we present a rhetorical analysis of newspaper reports and interview accounts about the 'development' of a contested public space in Barcelona, known locally both as Figuera's Well and the Hole of Shame. This analysis explores a number of rhetorically opposed constructions of the nature, purpose and appropriate beneficiaries of this place, whose implications are discussed both within the context of local power struggles and within the context of wider ideological struggles over the nature of public spaces in Barcelona. We argue that a rhetorical perspective reveals how practices of attributing meaning and value to places is often more conflict-ridden, action-oriented, and politically-charged than is implied by much research in environmental psychology. Relatedly, we argue that environmental psychologists need to complement a 'weak' conception of the role of conflict in the formation of public space (focused on subjective differences in environmental tastes, preferences and values) with a 'strong' conception of the role of conflict (focused on ideological struggles over access, equality and inclusion).

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Section: Place Meanings: From Subjective Representation To Rhetoricalmentioning

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On the contested nature of place: ‘Figuera’s Well’, ‘The Hole of Shame’ and the ideological struggle over public space in Barcelona

Masso

Dixon

Pol

2011

Journal of Environmental Psychology

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“…Next, when asked about the prevalence of local people among visitors, P2 introduces a story about a local man donating money to the Hoard appeal. This is a good example of what Sacks (1995) has termed 'second stories', recounting a memory in order to make a point (Taylor 2010). The story emphasizes the importance of the Hoard to local, 'ordinary' people, and the anecdote of the grandfather with moths in his wallet accentuates this point.…”

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Ancient objects with modern meanings: museums, volunteers, and the Anglo-Saxon ‘Staffordshire Hoard’ as a marker of twenty-first century regional identity

Scully

Capper

2015

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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“…To illustrate the narrative-discursive approach set out in the previous section, and indicate some of its implications, I will refer back to an analysis of interview material presented in an earlier publication (Taylor 2010), from a project on identities of residence and relationships to place. I will focus this discussion on the meanings of 'home'.…”

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Discursive and Psychosocial? Theorising a Complex Contemporary Subject

Taylor

2014

Qualitative Research in Psychology

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This article outlines one tradition of qualitative research in social psychology, that of discourse analysis and discursive research. It proposes that the tradition offers an alternative conceptualisation of a psychosocial subject to accounts which draw on psychoanalytic theorising. The article reviews some of the problems around conceptualising a subject in discursive terms, then sets out some resolutions. It outlines a narrativediscursive approach to subjectivity and proposes that this is consistent with a psychosocial project to explore the person as inseparable from their social contexts. The narrativediscursive conceptualisation admits of agency and change, avoiding over-complete accounts of subjectification, while retaining the critical and political focus of the discursive tradition.It is also consistent with sociological theorisations of the subjects of late capitalism and neoliberalism. The article discusses an example of narrative-discursive analysis from research on identities of residence and relationships to place.

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Narratives of Identity and Place

Cited by 75 publications

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On the contested nature of place: ‘Figuera’s Well’, ‘The Hole of Shame’ and the ideological struggle over public space in Barcelona

On the contested nature of place: ‘Figuera’s Well’, ‘The Hole of Shame’ and the ideological struggle over public space in Barcelona

Ancient objects with modern meanings: museums, volunteers, and the Anglo-Saxon ‘Staffordshire Hoard’ as a marker of twenty-first century regional identity

Discursive and Psychosocial? Theorising a Complex Contemporary Subject

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