Martin, Daryl orcid.org/0000-0002-5685-4553 and Roe, Jennifer (2022) Enabling care:Maggie’s Centres and the affordance of hope. Health & place. 102758. ISSN 1873-2054
Abstract
This paper explores the role of architecture in the affordance of hope for people with cancer. Specifically, it revisits ‘enabling places’ debates to understand the influence of spatial design in the experience of cancer care. Combining interviews and focus group data from two separate studies of visitors, volunteers, and staff members of Maggie’s Centres, an organisation providing cancer support in the UK and internationally, the paper investigates the emotional power of their buildings. In particular, we explore how Maggie’s Centre buildings provided material, social, and affective resources for their users. We argue that Maggie’s Centres help its visitors to orient themselves to their changing lives and uncertain futures in thoughtful ways and, thus, their buildings offer examples of the ‘taking place’ of hope.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2022 Elsevier Ltd. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Maggie's Centres,Healthcare architecture,Enabling places,Cancer care,Hope |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Social Sciences (York) > Sociology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 31 Jan 2022 11:40 |
Last Modified: | 23 Jan 2025 00:27 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102758 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102758 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:183038 |
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