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Cultural Capital and Place: Coles Bay and the Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania

Cultural Capital and Place: Coles Bay and the Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania This paper poses the question: what is the role of cultural capital at the interface of environment, economy and society, and what other factors affect this role? A review of Pierre Bourdieu's concept of cultural capital and later developments of this concept by ecological economists serves to establish the values that comprise cultural capital, and its relationship to natural capital and economic capital. These relationships are investigated through a case study of a small coastal community, Coles Bay and the Freycinet Peninsula, in Tasmania. Three study groups are identified which comprise the communities associated with this place; long‐term residents, repeat visitors and tourists making a single visit. The complexity of the relationships of people with place are revealed through an examination of the different forms of capital (social, cultural and economic) relating to the different study groups. The dynamics of the social, economic and environmental realities of Coles Bay and the Freycinet Peninsula are seen to be complex and interlinked, with the potential to provide a model for action in communities of similar character and location. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Geographical Research Wiley

Cultural Capital and Place: Coles Bay and the Freycinet Peninsula, Tasmania

Geographical Research , Volume 46 (3) – Sep 1, 2008

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Wiley
Copyright
© 2008 The Author. Journal compilation © 2008 Institute of Australian Geographers
ISSN
1745-5863
eISSN
1745-5871
DOI
10.1111/j.1745-5871.2008.00528.x
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Abstract

This paper poses the question: what is the role of cultural capital at the interface of environment, economy and society, and what other factors affect this role? A review of Pierre Bourdieu's concept of cultural capital and later developments of this concept by ecological economists serves to establish the values that comprise cultural capital, and its relationship to natural capital and economic capital. These relationships are investigated through a case study of a small coastal community, Coles Bay and the Freycinet Peninsula, in Tasmania. Three study groups are identified which comprise the communities associated with this place; long‐term residents, repeat visitors and tourists making a single visit. The complexity of the relationships of people with place are revealed through an examination of the different forms of capital (social, cultural and economic) relating to the different study groups. The dynamics of the social, economic and environmental realities of Coles Bay and the Freycinet Peninsula are seen to be complex and interlinked, with the potential to provide a model for action in communities of similar character and location.

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Geographical ResearchWiley

Published: Sep 1, 2008

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