Dr Sophie Yarker's Outputs (2)

Reconceptualising comfort as part of local belonging: the use of confidence, commitment and irony (2017)
Journal Article
Yarker, S. (2019). Reconceptualising comfort as part of local belonging: the use of confidence, commitment and irony. Social and Cultural Geography, 20(4), 534-550. https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2017.1373301

This paper offers a theoretical framework for the analysis of belonging in local communities. To do so it draws on a broad existing literature which argues that comfort is a key dimension of our attachments to place. The argument that experiences of... Read More about Reconceptualising comfort as part of local belonging: the use of confidence, commitment and irony.

Everyday economic geographies (2017)
Journal Article
Yarker, S. (2017). Everyday economic geographies. Geography Compass, 11(8), https://doi.org/10.1111/gec3.12324

This paper makes the case for the conceptual use of the everyday in economic geography. It does this by firstly demonstrating the explanatory potential that lies in attending to the lived experience of economic development and, secondly, the ability... Read More about Everyday economic geographies.