The Power of Place : Existential crises and Place Security in the Context of Pregnancy
The study explores the importance of place attachment on individuals? sense of security during existential crises. Coping strategies of pregnant women are analysed, focusing on how the prospect of giving birth affects their relationship to place. Anthony Giddens? concept of ontological security is c...
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ftulundlup:oai:lup.lub.lu.se:5d9431c2-c2dc-4b10-9583-eeef92723560 2023-05-15T17:43:37+02:00 The Power of Place : Existential crises and Place Security in the Context of Pregnancy Rämgård, Margareta 2006 https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/25595 eng eng Department of Social and Economic Geography, Lund University https://lup.lub.lu.se/record/25595 urn:isbn:91-974997-8-1 scopus:37849186023 Meddelande från Lunds universitets geografiska institution. Avhandlingar; (170) (2006) ISSN: 0346-6787 Human Geography Social geography health geography existential crises Place ontological security Socialgeografi thesis/docmono info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis text 2006 ftulundlup 2023-02-01T23:30:21Z The study explores the importance of place attachment on individuals? sense of security during existential crises. Coping strategies of pregnant women are analysed, focusing on how the prospect of giving birth affects their relationship to place. Anthony Giddens? concept of ontological security is critically examined and used to investigate the connection between place and ontological security ? what I call place security- through a set of empirical data drawn from in-depth interviews with pregnant women. Two studies were carried out, one in Sweden and the other in northern Norway. A qualitative analysis was made of the interview material, using the three basic elements of ontological security self-identity, continuity and ritualisation as a grid of analysis. Prior psychological research indicates that the prospect of giving birth and raising a family brings the issue of ontological security to the surface. The data confirms such findings, demonstrating the particular importance of place. During pregnancy, the women came to consider issues of identity related to their own childhood experience. A sense of security connected to place was essential for their well-being in this vulnerable period of transition, and was consciously sought to alleviate anxiety. Both women who had previously lived very mobile lives and those who had been more sedentary exhibit need for place security. One of the typical coping strategies displayed was to return to childhood places. In other cases, the women tried to achieve place security for their children by recreating an environment similar to the place their own sense of identity was rooted in. Social institutions, such as schools, day-care facilities and jobs, largely determine where a sense of security can be achieved from a practical point of view. Deeper ontological security, however, relates to the individual's life history, and to places that represent continuity, daily routines and the constitution of identity for that individual. The material environment during childhood ... Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Northern Norway Lund University Publications (LUP) Norway |
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The study explores the importance of place attachment on individuals? sense of security during existential crises. Coping strategies of pregnant women are analysed, focusing on how the prospect of giving birth affects their relationship to place. Anthony Giddens? concept of ontological security is critically examined and used to investigate the connection between place and ontological security ? what I call place security- through a set of empirical data drawn from in-depth interviews with pregnant women. Two studies were carried out, one in Sweden and the other in northern Norway. A qualitative analysis was made of the interview material, using the three basic elements of ontological security self-identity, continuity and ritualisation as a grid of analysis. Prior psychological research indicates that the prospect of giving birth and raising a family brings the issue of ontological security to the surface. The data confirms such findings, demonstrating the particular importance of place. During pregnancy, the women came to consider issues of identity related to their own childhood experience. A sense of security connected to place was essential for their well-being in this vulnerable period of transition, and was consciously sought to alleviate anxiety. Both women who had previously lived very mobile lives and those who had been more sedentary exhibit need for place security. One of the typical coping strategies displayed was to return to childhood places. In other cases, the women tried to achieve place security for their children by recreating an environment similar to the place their own sense of identity was rooted in. Social institutions, such as schools, day-care facilities and jobs, largely determine where a sense of security can be achieved from a practical point of view. Deeper ontological security, however, relates to the individual's life history, and to places that represent continuity, daily routines and the constitution of identity for that individual. The material environment during childhood ... |
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The Power of Place : Existential crises and Place Security in the Context of Pregnancy |
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The Power of Place : Existential crises and Place Security in the Context of Pregnancy |
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Department of Social and Economic Geography, Lund University |
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Meddelande från Lunds universitets geografiska institution. Avhandlingar; (170) (2006) ISSN: 0346-6787 |
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