Strangers asking strange questions? A methodological narrative of researching belonging and identity in English rural communities

Article Abstract:

A project that examines the nature of the relationship between the contemporary English countryside and the 'rurally included' by which it means those rural populations who can appear to make a confident, dominant and a seemingly uncontested claim to rural belonging is illustrated. The project has addressed the process by which rurality and Englishness mutually constitute each other but without making any direct reference to otherness.

Group identity, Social identity

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'Lesbian migrants in the gentrified valley' and 'other' geographies of rural gentrification

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The migration and cultural consumption practices of lesbian households within processes of rural changes is presented considering the findings from a qualitative study. Lesbian households are views as a significant group, which socially and culturally reproduce distinct constructions of rurality, and act as gentrifiers through their migration, residential, and consumption practices.

Administration of Housing Programs, Housing Rehabilitation Programs, Housing rehabilitation

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Christmas in the 'Valley of Praise': Interactions of the rural idyll, heritage and community in Lobethal, South Australia

Article Abstract:

The village of Lobethal in the Adelaide Hills is similar with Christmas as its annual Festival of Lights originated in the 1940s attracts over 250,000 visitors each year. The Festival of Lights provides a significant local place identity for Lobethal that is enhanced by the rural spatiality and Germanic heritage of the Valley of Praise.

South Australia, Fairs and festivals, Adelaide, Australia, Christmas

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