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What a difference place makes: Place gestalt theory and some methodological thoughts
Place is a recurrent yet contested theme in the social sciences, and an emerging theme within qualitative inquiry. How one understands place has significant bearing upon the difference that place makes to methodology. Accounts that rely on fixed, bordered, and exclusionist notions of place-based authenticity are problematic. A conceptualisation of place as dynamic, open and more-than-human – theorised here as place gestalts – offers other methodological possibilities regarding the representation of the self in relation to place. It also offers a post human rationale for research that engages with the more intangible elements that, in part, constitute one’s sense of place, such as emotions, dreams and imaginings.
History
Publication title
Qualitative InquiryVolume
21Pagination
20-27ISSN
1077-8004Department/School
School of Social SciencesPublisher
Sage Publications IncPlace of publication
2455 Teller Rd, Thousand Oaks, USA, Ca, 91320Rights statement
Copyright 2014 The AuthorsRepository Status
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