The concept of place can also be argued as having a significant role in the construction of identity. Sparke (2008) argued that sometimes place and identity are so strongly woven, that it is hard to separate them. This conflation can clearly be seen in the home environment as a person’s character is often scrutinised due to the type and up keeping of the domestic space they lived in (Sparke, 2008). As such, place can be a determining fact in our social class, which plays a big role in the construction of our identity. Living in a “rough area” or the catchment area to an underperforming school can place a person in a lower social class. Richardson and Skott-Myhre (2012) discuss this idea of place constructing identity through their research
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Bourdieu’s work looks at the ways in which we internalise society and as a result, recreate social structures through our everyday actions (Hillier and Rooksby, 2002). Richardson and Skott-Myhre (2012) argue that the building of a relationship between an individual and their surroundings is both an essential and complicated part of socialisation. The experiences and opinions that a person witnesses in different places in their life, such as their home, school or surrounding area, helps to construct the practices and beliefs that person will most likely recreate throughout their life (Richardson & Skott-Myhre, 2012). As a result, Richardson and Skott-Myhre (2012: 11) would describe the habitus as “a cyclical – but alterable – series of behaviours that determines how individuals see and act within their environments”. Although habitus is not the same as identity, it does help construct a sense of who we are. Habitus can be influenced through place by the fact that cultural norms and some social norms are geographical. For example, tipping in bars in restaurants is deemed as necessary in American culture, whereas it is deemed extremely due in some Asian counties and is completely frowned upon. Therefore, as individual’s learn their culture, traditions and norms due to their surrounds, place can be seen as playing a role in constructing
Bourdieu’s work looks at the ways in which we internalise society and as a result, recreate social structures through our everyday actions (Hillier and Rooksby, 2002). Richardson and Skott-Myhre (2012) argue that the building of a relationship between an individual and their surroundings is both an essential and complicated part of socialisation. The experiences and opinions that a person witnesses in different places in their life, such as their home, school or surrounding area, helps to construct the practices and beliefs that person will most likely recreate throughout their life (Richardson & Skott-Myhre, 2012). As a result, Richardson and Skott-Myhre (2012: 11) would describe the habitus as “a cyclical – but alterable – series of behaviours that determines how individuals see and act within their environments”. Although habitus is not the same as identity, it does help construct a sense of who we are. Habitus can be influenced through place by the fact that cultural norms and some social norms are geographical. For example, tipping in bars in restaurants is deemed as necessary in American culture, whereas it is deemed extremely due in some Asian counties and is completely frowned upon. Therefore, as individual’s learn their culture, traditions and norms due to their surrounds, place can be seen as playing a role in constructing