Cultural Capital and Place: Coles Bay and the Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania
journal contribution
posted on 2023-05-16, 22:04authored byPatterson, CJ
This paper poses the question: what is the role of cultural capital at the interface of environment, economy and society, and what other factors affect this role? A review of Pierre Bourdieu's concept of cultural capital and later developments of this concept by ecological economists serves to establish the values that comprise cultural capital, and its relationship to natural capital and economic capital. These relationships are investigated through a case study of a small coastal community, Coles Bay and the Freycinet Peninsula, in Tasmania. Three study groups are identified which comprise the communities associated with this place; long-term residents, repeat visitors and tourists making a single visit. The complexity of the relationships of people with place are revealed through an examination of the different forms of capital (social, cultural and economic) relating to the different study groups. The dynamics of the social, economic and environmental realities of Coles Bay and the Freycinet Peninsula are seen to be complex and interlinked, with the potential to provide a model for action in communities of similar character and location.
History
Publication title
Geographical Research
Volume
46
Pagination
350-360
ISSN
1745-5863
Department/School
School of Geography, Planning and Spatial Sciences
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
Place of publication
Australia
Repository Status
Restricted
Socio-economic Objectives
Other culture and society not elsewhere classified