Belonging and the Self as Enterprise: Place, Relationships and the Formation of Occupation-Based Identities

Julia Cook; Dan Woodman

Journal article

Belonging and the Self as Enterprise: Place, Relationships and the Formation of Occupation-Based Identities

Julia Cook, Dan Woodman

SOCIOLOGIA RURALIS | WILEY | Published : 2019

DOI: 10.1111/soru.12285

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Abstract

Research considering young adults’ experiences of place is characterised by two focal points: the relationship between place, education and employment; and immaterial aspects of place such as experiences of belonging and relationality. Previous research has worked across these focal points considering, for instance, how symbolic and immaterial factors and social ties can inform mobility choices and experiences. We extend this work by drawing on longitudinal qualitative data to show three ways that place attachment can be a part of the formation of contemporary occupation-based identities. Using the concept of the self as enterprise (Kelly 2013), we mark out this development as part of a broa..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This research was funded by the Australian Research Council through the grants DP160101611, DP1094132 and DP0557902, as well as an individual fellowship awarded to Dan Woodman DE160100333.