Places of Privilege: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Identities, Change and Resistance

Places of Privilege examines dynamics of privilege and power in the construction of place in a period of the rapid social transformation of places, borders and boundaries. Drawing on inter-disciplinary perspectives, the book examines place as a site for the making and re-making of privilege, while considering new meanings of community, and examining spaces for cultural identity and resistance. Chapters point to a range of conceptual resources that can be utilised to produce critical analyses of place-making. As the authors point out, power and privilege shape place but these dynamics are in turn shaped by the specific place based histories and social dynamics within which they are located.

Contributors are: Lutfiye Ali, Alison M. Baker, Paola Bilbrough, Tony Birch, Jora Broerse, Sally Clark, Josephine Cornell, Yon Hsu, Lou Iaquinto, Karen Jackson, Shose Kessi, Rebecca Lyons, Chris McConville, Nicole Oke, Amy Quayle, Alexandra Ramirez, Kopano Ratele, Christopher C. Sonn, and Ramón Spaaij.

Nicole Oke, Ph.D. (2006), La Trobe University, senior lecturer in sociology at Victoria University. She works on issues about migration, and around precarious employment. Recently she has published on Footscray, a multicultural and gentrifying suburb in Melbourne.

Christopher C. Sonn, Ph.D. (1996), Victoria University, is Associate Professor of Community Psychology at Victoria University. His interests are in social identity, race relations and critical methodologies. His recent coedited book is Creating Inclusive Knowledges (Taylor & Francis, 2018).

Alison M. Baker, Ph.D. (2011), North Carolina State University, is a Senior Lecturer in Social Pedagogy at Victoria University in Melbourne.Her research focuses on young people’s identity, belonging, and intercultural relations and uses creative methodologies.