Stories of Place: Geographies of Meaning, Memory and Connection

This Open Access book explores the role and agency of stories and storytelling in understanding places and in revealing how places tell stories. It addresses themes of colonialism, more-than-human agency, environment, atmospheres, borders, dwelling, enchantment, haunting, care and hope, revealing the power of stories to make and unmake worlds. Contending with the ethical complexities of storytelling and the political implications of the stories that are shared and heard, it illuminates how some stories dominate ways of being and knowing while others are excluded and overlooked. Ultimately, this book demonstrates how stories can provide alternative, critical and progressive ways of knowing and encountering place.

Written by the Storying Geographies Collective.

Uma Kothari Professor of Migration and Postcolonial Studies, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, UK.

Maria Borovnik Senior Lecturer in Development Studies, School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University, Aotearoa New Zealand.

Phoebe Everingham Lecturer in Environment and Society, School of Communication, Society and Culture, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

Karen Paiva Henrique Assistant Professor, Department of Human Geography, Planning and International Development, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Fiona Miller Associate Professor, School of Communication, Society and Culture, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.

Natalie Osborne Senior Lecturer in urban and environmental planning, School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University, Australia.

Joseph Palis Faculty, Department of Geography, University of the Philippines-Diliman, Philippines.

Sarah Wright Professor of Geography and Development Studies, University of Newcastle, Australia.