Land Ownership, Home at work
Laurie Taylor explores the country's forgotten acres and looks at how employees create a sense of 'home' at work.
Land ownership in Britain: Laurie Taylor explores our forgotten acres. He talks to Peter Hetherington, writer and journalist, as well as author of a new book which asks if food security and the housing of the nation is being thwarted by record land prices and speculation. They're joined by Michael Edwards, from the Bartlett School of Planning at University College, London. Also, how employees create a sense of 'home' at work. Rachel Hurdley, Research Fellow in the Department of Sociology at the University of Cardiff, discusses her study of the ways in which people conjure feelings of belonging and intimacy in impersonal work spaces.
Producer: Jayne Egerton.
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Michael Edwards at the Bartlett School of Planning at UCL
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Peter Hetherington, Whose land is our land? The use and abuse of Britain's forgotten acres, (Policy Press, 2015)Intimacies, Critical Consumption and Diverse Economies, Edited by Emma Casey, Yvette Taylor, (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015)
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- Wed 9 Dec 2015 16:00BBC Radio 4
- Mon 14 Dec 2015 00:15BBC Radio 4
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