Residents' Voices: Advantage, Disadvantage, Community and Place

The supposed negative effects of geographic concentration of disadvantaged households are of major concern in social policy and urban planning, yet the nature of the relationship between place and disadvantage remains highly contested.  Building on insights from the sociology of knowledge and communication studies, this project seeks to recast conventional approaches to understanding this relationship. It is using a blend of face-to-face participatory and visual methods, and interactive digital technology, to facilitate direct intensive collaboration with residents of identified 'disadvantaged places' in Sydney, Adelaide and Chicago, leading to new forms of knowledge and theorising about the impact of place in the lives of poor households.

This project is funded by the Australian Research Council (opens in a new window) (ACRG), St Vincent de Paul Society, (opens in a new window) Loyola University Chicago, (opens in a new window) Flinders University, (opens in a new window) Tenants' Union of NSW (opens in a new window)

Contacts:

Assoc Prof Michael Darcy (opens in a new window)

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