Developing an attachment to place through DIY

Authors

Megan Heast, University of Plymouth

Document Type

Project Article

Abstract

An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) was conducted of semi-structured interviews, with the aim of investigating factors which affect attachment to, and identity within the home and whether completion of DIY projects has any effect on these. The participants were eight students from the University of Plymouth who signed up to the study as part of a course requirement, and two others who were known to the experimenter to have undertaken DIY within their respective homes. The findings show that the level of personalisation and sense of ownership a home owner feels within their property, are key factors to attachment and reflection of identity within the home. Implications of these findings and suggestions for future research are discussed.

Publication Date

2009-12-01

Publication Title

The Plymouth Student Scientist

Volume

2

Issue

2

First Page

127

Last Page

149

ISSN

1754-2383

Deposit Date

May 2019

Embargo Period

2024-07-03

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/13875

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Heast, Megan (2009) "Developing an attachment to place through DIY," The Plymouth Student Scientist: Vol. 2: Iss. 2, Article 10.
Available at: https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/tpss/vol2/iss2/10