Expansion of commuter facilities and a diminishing sense of place among migrants in a rural Australian town

Wickramaarachchi, Naduni

doi:10.1080/10371656.2020.1753329

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“…Ease of commuting from regional areas to cities = less need to build local connections (Wickramaarachchi, 2020). Housing:…”

Section: Impedersmentioning

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Sticky places for regional immigrant settlement: A literature review

Bakshi,

McKenzie,

Bolleter

2024

Aust J Social Issues

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Since 1996, migration‐related schemes have directed new immigrants, refugees and humanitarian entrants to regional Australia to mitigate the need for skills and declining population growth in these locations. However, a key concern of these schemes is the uncertainty of long‐term immigrant retention in regional locations beyond the stipulated visa category period. We draw on the metaphor of stickiness: the ability of geographic clusters to attract and retain to examine Australian regional settlement literature and identify factors and processes associated with immigrant settlement and retention. Through a systematic and rigorous review process, we identify seven interconnected factors and processes nestled amongst three core themes of sticky factors and processes that attract, enable and impede settlement and retention contributing to the growing knowledge regarding regional immigrant settlement and retention.

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“…Ease of commuting from regional areas to cities = less need to build local connections (Wickramaarachchi, 2020). Housing:…”

Section: Impedersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sticky places for regional immigrant settlement: A literature review

Bakshi,

McKenzie,

Bolleter

2024

Aust J Social Issues

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“…Other individualistic factors may also influence the relationship between place and social connectedness. For instance, sexual minority (Power et al, 2014 ) and ethnic minority (Wickramaarachchi, 2020 ) Australians report lower levels of social connectedness when living in regional communities. Because loneliness is a risk factor for a myriad of mental health issues including suicidality (McClelland et al, 2020 ), it is integral we understand how place-based considerations might influence social connectedness for Australian men.…”

Section: Social Connectedness Gender and Placementioning

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“There’s No Sewing Classes, There’s No Bedazzling Seminars”: The Impact of Masculinity on Social Connectedness and Mental Health for Men Living in Inner-Regional Australia

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Regional Australian masculinities are typified by ‘traditional’ values (e.g., stoicism, self-reliance) known to restrict social connectedness. Thus, these masculinities have been implicated in worsening men’s mental health. What remains unclear, however, is how men living in inner-regional communities (i.e., townships on the fringes of major cities) might uniquely experience masculinity, social connectedness, and mental health. We interviewed 29 boys/men and one non-binary participant ( M age = 43.77 years) living in the Macedon Ranges (an inner-regional Australian community). Using reflexive thematic analysis, we generated three themes. Participants described inner-regional masculinities as traditional and rigid, and attributed the Macedon Ranges’ comparatively high suicide rate to these masculinities. Conversely, migration from the neighbouring city of Melbourne was implicated in introducing more inclusive masculinities to the area that conflicted with existing masculine norms. Thus, Macedon Ranges men were framed as ultimately lacking a cohesive community identity. Proximity to Melbourne was described as encouraging local men to commute daily for work instead of working locally, thereby further weakening community identity. Overall, these phenomena were implicated in damaging the psychosocial wellbeing of local men via reducing social connectedness. Because men’s mental illness is so pervasive within regional Australian communities, these findings have direct implications for policymakers. Namely, policies need to acknowledge that masculinities directly influence mental health and that inner-regional masculinities are impacted by unique place-based considerations distinct from men living in other regional communities.

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What do we know about the experiences of belonging for [Black] Africans in Australia? A systematic scoping review

Gatwiri,

James

2024

Aust J Social Issues

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Belonging is political. While it is a felt‐and‐embodied experience, it is also heavily mediated by power. For racially and culturally minoritised people, belonging is expressed in hidden, often racialised codes articulated through an “us and them” framework. Within this systematic scoping review, critical issues of belonging are made visible, indicating that belonging for Black Africans in Australia is a highly racialised and complex cultural experience and significantly impacts their sense of self, identity, agency, citizenship and participation, social integration and inclusion. This study found the core themes on experiences of belonging for this cohort, are: (1) Racialised (non)belonging, (2) Belonging as access, (3) Belonging as a civic process, (4) Belonging as an active process and (5) Re‐claiming belonging. In summary, Black African migrants experienced significant challenges with access to decent employment, housing, education, health services and relationships (including potential dating partners), which affected their sense of felt belonging. The literature showed that belonging for this group was a constant negotiation. It included constructing and reconstructing dual identities to accommodate their experiences of Australianness and Africanness while resisting labels that homogenised them. There was also an active process of building belonging through reclaiming places of community and dignity.

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Expansion of commuter facilities and a diminishing sense of place among migrants in a rural Australian town

Cited by 3 publications

References 29 publications

Sticky places for regional immigrant settlement: A literature review

Sticky places for regional immigrant settlement: A literature review

“There’s No Sewing Classes, There’s No Bedazzling Seminars”: The Impact of Masculinity on Social Connectedness and Mental Health for Men Living in Inner-Regional Australia

What do we know about the experiences of belonging for [Black] Africans in Australia? A systematic scoping review

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