Tales from other people's houses

Home and dis/connection in an East London neighbourhood

Bibliographic Data

ID5005823
AuthorsOlivia Sheringham (0000-0002-1524-3553, Geography, Birkbeck University Of London, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), Casper Laing Ebbensgaard (0000-0002-3926-0702, Environmental Sciences, University Of East Anglia, Norwich, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, corresponding author), Alison Blunt (0000-0002-7820-5204, Geography, Queen Mary University Of London, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland)
Year2023
Volume24
Issue5
Pages719-737
Publication date2023-05-28
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14649365.2021.1965197
OpenAlexW3194858503
LanguageEN
Citations received10
References cited49

This paper explores what it means to live together in the city through a focus on home and urban public space in East London. It develops a conceptual framework for understanding home as a site of dis/connection - both connected to and disconnected from - the wider estate, street, neighbourhood and city. Drawing on a series of home-city biographies with residents living on different housing estates, we explore what makes a city 'liveable' for its diverse residents within and across domestic and public spaces; how home-city dis/connections shape ideas and experiences of living together; and the importance of sensory, material and social contexts of home in shaping residents' dis/connections with neighbours and the wider neighbourhood. By taking seriously the practices, experiences and imaginings of home as a site of urban dis/connection, we argue that urban scholars can gain a fuller picture of what it means to live together in the city, and understand and challenge inequalities, exclusions and prejudices that shape urban lives

Archaeology · Architectural engineering · Estate · Geography · Housing estate · Media studies · Neighbourhood (mathematics · Political science · Public space · Sociology · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Urban Planning and Governance