Neighbourhood/housing/home as practice
Associate Professor Kathleen Mee
This project examines the processes through which housing becomes a home for residents, including the ways in which home is experienced through a range of home-making practices. It explores the relationship between experiences of home and neighbourhoods. The work has particular focus on the processes and experiences of home-making in public housing.
Outcomes
Indicative Publications
Mee KJ (2010) Any place to raise children is a good place: Children, housing and neighbourhoods in inner Newcastle, Australia, Children's Geographies, 8, 193-211
Mee KJ (2009) A space to care, a space of care: Public housing, belonging, and care in inner Newcastle, Australia, Environment and Planning A, 41, 842-85
Mee KJ and Wright S (2009) Geographies of belonging: Why belonging? Why geography?, Environment and Planning A, 41, 772-779
The University of Newcastle acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands within our footprint areas: Awabakal, Darkinjung, Biripai, Worimi, Wonnarua, and Eora Nations. We also pay respect to the wisdom of our Elders past and present.