Material-temporal registers of belonging

Theorising the interplay between temporality and the built environment

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5084871
AutoresC Lewis (0000-0001-8137-4802, University of Manchester, autor de correspondencia), Vanessa May (0000-0003-1547-9352, University of Manchester)
Año2020
Volumen29
Número1
Páginas28-50
Fecha de publicación2020-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTime & Society (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0961-463X • E-ISSN: 1461-7463
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0961463x19873801
OpenAlexW2976289026
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas24

This paper explores the interplay of temporality and the built environment in diverging discourses of belonging at Claremont Court, a modernist housing scheme in Edinburgh which was designed in 1958 by Sir Basil Spence, a key figure of post-war architecture. It explores belonging to place as a complex temporal process, in which the individual is connected to the built environment through various material-temporal registers. While existing analyses of belonging demonstrate that it is a fundamentally temporal experience, not enough is known about belonging as a temporal phenomenon. To fill this gap, our analysis reveals how multiple temporalities of the built environment are entwined with residents' biographies, everyday life and future aspirations, which shape their varied sense of belonging. To conclude, we argue not only for theorising the temporal nature of belonging, but also how the temporality of the built environment shapes people's sense of belonging. In doing so, we extend the literature on belonging by theorising the relationship between temporality and the built environment with the help of the concept of material-temporal registers

Aesthetics · Art · Built environment · Epistemology · Everyday life · Process (computing · Sociology · Temporalities · Temporality · Visual arts · Computer Science · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Philosophy · Public Spaces through Art · Urban Planning and Governance · Architecture · Ecology