Home is a multidimensional concept which is comprised of many different aspects of our life. It can include where our family is, where our childhood house is, where our friends are, or even wherever we happen to be at the time.
“Many researchers now understand home as a multidimensional concept and acknowledge the presence of and need for multidisciplinary research in the field.”
Mallett, S. (2004). Understanding home: a critical review of the literature. The Sociological Review, 52(1), 64.
Home is a place where someone would feel most comfortable and secure. A place where “people can retreat and relax.” This doesn’t necessarily need to be a house, or even a physical place, maybe it just needs to be a state of mind.
Mallett, S. (2004). Understanding home: a critical review of the literature. The Sociological Review, 52(1), 70.
Porteous writes around the idea of a home being purely a house, or dwelling. For this place to be a home it must tick the boxes of 3 territorial satisfactions: identity, security and stimulation.
Porteous, J. D. (1976). Home: The territorial core. Geographical Review, 66(4), 383.
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