Place, health and dis/advantage: A sociomaterial analysis

Nick J Fox, Katie Powell

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Abstract

The substantial literature on interactions between places/spaces and well-being/health often differentiate between physical and social aspects of geographical location. This paper sidesteps this dualism, instead considering places as sociomaterial assemblages of human and non-human materialities. It uses this posthuman and ‘new materialist’ perspective to explore how place-assemblages affect human capacities, in terms of both health and social dis/advantage. Based on secondary analysis of interview data on human/place interactions, it analyses the physical, sociocultural, psychological and emotional effects of place-assemblages, assessing how these produce opportunities for, and constraints upon human bodies. It than assesses how these emergent capacities affect both social dis/advantage and well-being. This analysis of how place-assemblages contribute positively or negatively to health and dis/advantage offers possibilities for further research and for social and public health policy.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)226-243
Number of pages18
JournalHealth (United Kingdom)
Volume27
Issue number2
Early online date12 May 2021
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2023

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