More often than not, play is assumed to be the activity of children. To date, this has limited
academic engagements with play as a significant geographical concern in its own right. This …

This paper reviews existing academic interpretations of 'urban exploration'and argues that
focus to date on identifying and celebrating the transgressive and/or emancipatory …

Scholarly interest in ruins and derelict spaces has intensified over the last decade. We
assess a broad selection of the resulting literature and identify several key themes. We focus …

Neo-Bohemia brings the study of bohemian culture down to the street level, while
maintaining a commitment to understanding broader historical and economic urban …

A study of urban nature that draws together different strands of urban ecology as well as
insights derived from feminist, posthuman, and postcolonial thought. Postindustrial …

Through a synthesis of old and new theories of social remembering, this book provides the
first comprehensive overview of the sociology of memory. This rapidly expanding field …

Globalization & Belonging Page 1 Mike Savage Gaynor Bagnall Brian Longhurst Globalization
& Belonging Page 2 Globalization and Belonging Page 3 Theory, Culture & Society Theory …

Gentrification involves the transition of inner-city neighbourhoods from a status of relative
poverty and limited property investment to a state of commodification and reinvestment. This …

This book explores the material and everyday intersections between popular culture and
new media. Using a range of interdisciplinary resources the chapters open up various …

Framing Places is an account of the nexus between place and power, investigating how the
built forms of architecture and urban design act as mediators of social practices of power …