Shahrad, Azadeh
- Department of People and Society, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Research article2019Peer reviewedOpen access
Between fixities and flows: Navigating place attachments in an increasingly mobile world
Di Masso, Andres; Williams, Daniel R.; Raymond, Christopher M.; Buchecker, Matthias; Degenhardt, Barbara; Devine-Wright, Patrick; Hertzog, Alice; Lewicka, Maria; Manzo, Lynne; Shahrad, Azadeh; Stedman, Richard; Verbrugge, Laura; von Wirth, Timo
Abstract
This paper develops a theoretical argument for how place attachments are forged and become dynamically linked to increasingly common mobility practices. First, we argue that mobilities, rather than negating the importance of place, shift our understanding of place and the habitual ways we relate to and bond with places as distinct from a conception of place attachment premised on fixity and stability. Second, we document how the body of research on place attachment has both reinforced and contested 'sedentaristic' assumptions criticized within the so-called 'mobilities turn' in the social sciences. Third, we present a conceptual framework, built around different modes of interrelation between fixity and flow, as a way to re-theorize, link and balance the various studies of place attachment that have grappled with mobility. Finally, we sketch out the main research implications of this framework for advancing our understanding of place attachment in a mobile world.
Keywords
Mobilities; Flow; Fixity; Place attachment
Published in
Journal of Environmental Psychology
2019, volume: 61, pages: 125-133
Publisher: ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
SLU Authors
UKÄ Subject classification
Human Geography
Sociology (excluding Social work, Social Psychology and Social Anthropology)
Publication identifier
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvp.2019.01.006
Permanent link to this page (URI)
https://res.slu.se/id/publ/99591