Living near railways

Jenna CondieUniversity of Salford

Discourses of control, choice & compromise

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The journey so farThe journey so far

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Who we are is where we are?

Flickr: Paolo Camera

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Place Identity

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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?

Flickr: JCMaz

commonplace

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IMP ACT

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The importance of context

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Flickr: Urban Safari

Flickr: JCMaz

Flickr: Khym54

Flickr: Simononly

Living near railways

Jenna CondieE: j.condie1@edu.salford.ac.uk

@jennacondie Slides available at: http://www.slideshare.net/jennacondie

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