Abstract
This paper discusses home-making practices and senses of belonging in a street in a disadvantaged neighbourhood in the south of the Netherlands. The local tenure mix of tenants and owner-occupiers offers insight into the role class and ethnicity play in social mixing. Therefore, attention is paid to narratives and the informal organisation of different living spaces and territory-making practices. Here, the domestic space could be experienced as a vehicle of intimacy and sociability, or conversely as encouraging alienation. Such practices, in combination with length of stay result in mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion. The insights derived from this study will contribute to the theoretical discussion on home-making practices and belonging.
Highlights
In this period of globalisation, daily practices of local home making and feeling at home are considered important
If we look more closely at the everyday interaction between different types of tenants and owner-occupiers, two patterns occur
One pattern reflects the inward orientation of the yupps effectively strengthening the lower status premise among perceived inferior tenants
Summary
In this period of globalisation, daily practices of local home making and feeling at home are considered important. If social mixing goes together with a tenure mix, it can be seen as a way of reconquering the city in favour of owner-occupiers (Smith 1996; Uitermark and Duyvendak 2008), colonising the city (Atkinson 2006), or reducing spatial inequalities in access to facilities and services (Smets and Salman 2008) Such changes go together with improving urban liveability to enable competition in a globalised knowledge-based economy (Florida 2003). The research question is: ‘What role does home making play in the everyday practices of social mixing of tenants and owner-occupiers in Diversity Street, in a medium-sized city in the south of the Netherlands?’ This paper is built up as follows: firstly we offer a discussion involving theoretical insights into home, home making and senses of belonging, closely followed by a methodology section and a description of the research setting. This paper will be wrapped up in a conclusion
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