Month: May 2026
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Enjoying Your Beach While Cleaning It Too: Reflections on Enviro‑Leisure Activism
To cite the original article: Power, S. (2022). Enjoying your beach and cleaning it too: a Grounded Theory Ethnography of enviro‑leisure activism. Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 30(6), 1438–1457. https://doi.org/10.1080/09669582.2021.1953037 Last night was something special. We were invited by the Gillian McCollum, Mayor of Ards and North Down Borough Council, to Bangor City Hall to celebrate…
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Place as Agency: How Location, Locale and Sense of Place Shape Pathways Back to Work
Background Last week, I presented research about emplaced agency at the Regional Studies Association British/Irish Section Conference at Queen’s University Belfast. Looking at ‘place’ as a holder of agency was a new exploration on my behalf, despite having come across place attachment and place sensitivity before in my research. My exploration of ‘place as agency’…
