1. Living near railways Discourses of control, choice & compromise Jenna Condie University of Salford 1

2. The journey so far The journey so far 2

3. Who we are is where we are? Flickr: Paolo Camera Flickr: JCMaz Flickr: JCMaz Flickr: JCMaz 3

4. Place Identity 4

5. Research Aims Understand the role of place & identity Explore discursive & narrative strategies Future policy Critique of dominant approaches 5

6. Control & Choice 6

7. Dealing with Dilemmas 7 Compromise

8. 8 Railway as threat to place identity? ‘I suppose everyone lives near something that makes noise and I think its just a by-product of 21st century now’ (Allen) Flickr: JCMaz

9. commonplace 9 Flickr: JCMaz

10. IMP ACT 10

11. 11 Flickr: Urban Safari Flickr: Khym54 The importance of context Flickr: JCMaz Flickr: Simononly

12. Living near railways Discourses of control, choice and compromise Jenna Condie E: j.condie1@edu.salford.ac.uk @jennacondie Slides available at: http://www.slideshare.net/jennacondie 12