Stories of Place

This Open Access book explores the role and agency of stories and storytelling in understanding places and in revealing how places tell stories. It addresses themes of colonialism, more-than-human agency, environment, atmospheres, borders, dwelling, enchantment, haunting, care and hope, revealing the power of stories to make and unmake worlds. Contending with the ethical complexities of storytelling and the political implications of the stories that are shared and heard, it illuminates how some stories dominate ways of being and knowing while others are excluded and overlooked. Ultimately, this book demonstrates how stories can provide alternative, critical and progressive ways of knowing and encountering place.

This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access Applies creative and literary approaches to explore the geographies and experiences of place Addresses ethical questions such as what makes a story worth telling, who gets to tell stories and who is listened to Shows how stories can illuminate marginal voices and accounts that have been excluded, hidden and overlooked

Autorentext

Uma Kothari Professor of Migration and Postcolonial Studies, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, UK.

Maria Borovnik Senior Lecturer in Development Studies, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Phoebe Everingham Lecturer in Environment and Society, School of Communication, Society and Culture, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

Karen Paiva Henrique Assistant Professor, Department of Human Geography, Planning and International Development, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Fiona Miller Associate Professor, School of Communication, Society and Culture, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

Natalie Osborne Senior Lecturer in urban and environmental planning, School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Australia.

Joseph Palis Faculty, Department of Geography, University of the Philippines-Diliman, Philippines.

Sarah Wright Professor of Geography and Development Studies, University of Newcastle, Australia.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Positioning: Stories of place Storying Geography Collective.- Chapter 2: Responding: Absence, loss and power.- Chapter 3: Imagining: Disrupting colonial imaginaries, creating postcolonial stories.- Chapter 4: Haunting: Storying lively death.- Chapter 5: Situating: Fading polaroids of place.- Chapter 6: Relating: Storying atmosphere of place.- Chapter 7: Journeying: Geographies of belonging in a fractured world.- Chapter 8: Dwelling: Domesticity, decay, and inhabiting otherwise.- Chapter 9: Enchanting: Homage to my mum and Sandhills Community garden.- Chapter 10: Inviting: An epilogue.