living near railways: discourses of control, choice and compromise
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Presentation for Salford Postgraduate Annual Research Conference (SPARC) 2011. Many people live near railways in the UK. Railways in residential environments have largely been researched in terms of the disturbance and annoyance they cause to residents, mainly vibration and noise. My research explores the wider context and residents experiences of living near railways. The relationship between people and where they live is very complex. The places we live form part of who we are - our identity. Places say something about us therefore we have something to say about places and the things (e.g. railways) in them. I have explored how people talk about living near railways, and how they position themselves as having choices and control over where they live, but also how living near the railway is a compromise: the compromise being living near a railway but finding a 'decent' and 'good' place to live.TRANSCRIPT
Living near railways
Jenna CondieUniversity of Salford
Discourses of control, choice and compromise
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The journey so farThe journey so far
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Who we are is where we are?
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Critique of dominant approaches
Understand the role of place & identity
Future policy
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Explore discursive & narrative strategies
Research Aims
Control & Choice
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Economic
Railway
Place
People
Individual
Dealing with Dilemmas
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Finding a home
Living near
railway
Compromise
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‘I suppose everyone lives near something that
makes noise and I think its just a by-product of 21st
century now’ (Allen)
Railway as threat to place identity?
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The importance of context
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Living near railways
Jenna CondieE: [email protected]
@jennacondie Slides available at: http://www.slideshare.net/jennacondie
Discourses of control, choice and compromise
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