Chris Philo

TL;DR: Some of the key findings with regard to exclusion, stigma and the role of these voluntary sector support services in offering an alternative, safe 'community' to people with mental health problems are reported.

TL;DR: The Child in the Country [1990, Bedford Square Press, London (2nd Edn)] is discussed in this article, and it is suggested that Ward provides an intriguing window on the geographies of rural children both as structured "from without" and as experienced "from within" in his book.

TL;DR: In Animal Spaces, Beastly Places as discussed by the authors, the authors explore the complex relations in which humans and non-human animals are mixed together and examine how animals interact and relate with people in different ways.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors analyse gestures made between strangers in cafes and how they produce cafes as cold, receptive or accommodating places, and they consider how we might move on from Goffman's work to an understanding of urban life that includes the possibility of more than the impression of conviviality.