Why is the idea of local so effective for collective action? How do individuals, embedded in communities of practice, make and remake their senses of place? How might modes of temporality intersect with place?
In relation to questions of cultural production and place: In a complex field of knowledge production, who do you trust? What cultural forms — specialized language, key symbols, and narratives — do you use as clues to target your trust? Where does status come into play? What kinds of cultural capital generate status in place-centered movements?
