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12 - A Life Course Approach to the Pluralisation of Sense of Place

Understanding the Social Acceptance of Low-Carbon Energy Developments

from Part III - Renewable Energy Transitions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 July 2021

By
Etienne Bailey
Edited by
Christopher M. Raymond ,
Lynne C. Manzo ,
Daniel R. Williams ,
Andrés Di Masso  and
Timo von Wirth
Christopher M. Raymond
Affiliation:
University of Helsinki, Finland
Lynne C. Manzo
Affiliation:
University of Washington, Seattle
Daniel R. Williams
Affiliation:
USDA Forest Service, Colorado
Andrés Di Masso
Affiliation:
Universitat de Barcelona
Timo von Wirth
Affiliation:
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
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Summary

In recent years, scholarship in environmental psychology has drawn on a qualitative narrative methodology in order to better understand the temporally dynamic development of different senses of place over the life course, in the form of distinct ‘life-place trajectories’. This research problematises a monistic and static conceptualisation of sense of place, pointing to the development of a plurality of senses of place that evolve temporally across the entire life course, and points to a need to conceptually expand our notions of the concept by recognising the interrelated role of ‘linked lives’ – the influence of interpersonal relations and wider socio-economic, cultural and political forces in the formation of different senses of place and residential mobility decisions over time. Furthermore, this chapter outlines how this life course approach has been applied to better understand the social acceptance of low-carbon energy technology developments.

Keywords

Life-place trajectorieslinked livesnarrative interviewssocial acceptancelow-carbon energy technologies
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Changing Senses of Place
Navigating Global Challenges
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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