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Ontological Security in a Post-Crash World—A Tale of Two Yorkshire Cities

 

Abstract

This paper reprises a fundamental proposition made in a 2007 paper “Conservation as Psychology: Ontological Security and the Built Environment” (International Journal of Heritage Studies 13(6):447–461). It considers the degree to which the notion maintains traction in a post-Crash Britain where economic regeneration is the watchword of both national and local government. In the light of an economic crisis it considers two possibilities: that conservation is indeed a luxury of rich societies or, conversely, that communities under threat cleave ever more strongly to their sense of place as a means of establishing ontological security in an uncertain world. Two case studies from post-Crash Britain will illustrate my points.

Resumen

Este artículo retoma una propuesta fundamental realizada en un artículo de 2007: “La conservación como psicología: La seguridad ontológica y el entorno construido” (International Journal of Heritage Studies 13(6):447–461). Se considera el grado hasta el cual la idea mantiene la adherencia en una Gran Bretaña poscrisis donde la recuperación económica es el lema del gobierno nacional y local. A la luz de una crisis económica, se consideran dos posibilidades: que la conservación es realmente un lujo de las sociedades ricas o, por el contrario, que las comunidades amenazadas se aferran aún más a su sentido de lugar como recurso para establecer una seguridad ontológica en un mundo incierto. Dos casos prácticos de la Gran Bretaña poscrisis ilustran mis planteos.

Résumé

Cet article reprend une proposition fondamentale faite en 2007 par l'article “Conservation as Psychology: Ontological Security and the Built Environment” (International Journal of Heritage Studies 13(6):447–461). Il examine le degré d'influence de cette notion dans une Grande Bretagne post-Krash boursier où la régénération économique est la devise aussi bien des gouvernements nationaux que locaux. À la lumière d'une crise économique, il examine deux possibilités : que la conservation est en effet le luxe de société riches, ou, au contraire, que les communautés menacées se cramponnent encore davantage à leur sentiment d'appartenance au lieu comme à un moyen d’établir une sécurité ontologique dans un monde incertain. Deux études de cas issues de la Grande-Bretagne post-Crash illustrent notre propos.

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