Journal article
Formations of belonging in Australia: The role of nostalgia in experiences of time and place
Hernan Cuervo, Julia Cook
POPULATION SPACE AND PLACE | WILEY | Published : 2019
DOI: 10.1002/psp.2214
Abstract
Although residential mobility has been studied at length, residential immobility has been addressed comparatively rarely. In this article, we draw on interviews conducted with 35 participants aged 38–39 in 2012 in Victoria, Australia, in which they were asked to reflect on their lives over the previous 20 years, focusing specifically on those who have remained in or returned to the areas in which they grew up. We focus on the role of nostalgia in the participants' experiences of and relationships with place, finding that far from signifying a purely, or even predominantly, melancholic experience their expressions of nostalgia held the power to enliven the present, even while anchoring them t..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
Australian Research Council, Grant/Award Numbers: DP0209462, DP0557902, DP1094132 and DP160101611