Identities in Neighbour Discourse: Community, Conflict and Exclusion, 2004-2006

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>The aim of this project was to develop knowledge of how social and personal identities are relevant to community conflict and cohesion via a study of neighbour disputes. Aiming to discover which identities appeared in people’s complaints; their salience, and their relevance to the persistence or resolution of conflict. The researchers aimed to conduct a study of neighbour disputes based on ‘naturally-occurring’ conversational data, rather than on post-hoc accounts given in research interviews and surveys. This meant finding settings where ordinary people make complaints about, and argue with, their neighbours. The researchers audio-recorded approximately 600 conversations between members of the public and professionals: (1) telephone calls to mediation centres, local council environmental health and anti-social behaviour units, and (2) police interviews with suspects in neighbourhood crime. The latter were not deposited with the UK Data Archive.<br>
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Further information about the project can be found on the <a href=" http://www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk/esrcinfocentre/viewawardpage.aspx?awardnumber=RES-148-25-0010" title="Identities in Neighbour Discourse: Community, Conflict and Exclusion">ESRC grant award</a> page.<br><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>Topics covered in the study included: anti-social behaviour; intimidation; disputes; boundary issues, parking, conifers, fencing; environmental issues, bonfire smoke, smell from farmers fields, flies, loud music, animals, rubbish at empty properties.<br>
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