Studies framing “belonging” as a key focus and a central concept of research have
increased significantly in the 2000s. This article explores the dimensions of belonging as a …

Everyone belongs: it is impossible not to belong to social groups, social relations or cultures.
However, some people belong to particular groups or places with more intensity than others …

Due to the lack of theoretical rigour and precision that so often accompanies its use, the
concept of 'identity'is not necessarily the best way in which to conceptualize an individual's …

Belonging is a notion both vaguely defined and ill‐theorized. Scholars in various social
disciplines often take this notion for granted, as if its meaning is somewhat self‐explanatory …

The study of belonging, its underlying notions, and the politics of belonging shows that
social, political, and territorial demarcations are still based on essentialist conceptions of the …

In this article I discuss just why travel takes place. Why does travel occur, especially with the
development of new communications technologies? I unpack how corporeal proximity in …

This book seeks to provide a critical introduction to the under-theorized concept of
Glocalization. While the term has been slowly diffused into social-scientific vocabulary, to …

Social and behavioral science has often described place attachment and mobility as
opposite and mutually exclusive phenomena, has regarded one as better or more important …

This paper reviews recent research on the nature of local belonging. It highlights how local
belonging continues to matter to most people; that it can have individual and collective …

This paper develops a theoretical argument for how place attachments are forged and
become dynamically linked to increasingly common mobility practices. First, we argue that …