A JOURNEY THROUGH PLACES OF BELONGING

Abstract

Via a journey through the academic background of the author, this article aims at articulating the importance of places of belonging for an older migrant population. This work focuses on the sense of attachment to and the identification with places inhabited in later life from the perspective of older Italians in Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. This work offers reflections on ethnography, video documentary and oral history approaches for researchers in the field of social sciences, social gerontology and human geography.

Keywords: Ageing, Migration, Place Attachment, Place Identity.