Abstract Research exploring place attachment, place identity and people-place relations often adopts a quantitative approach and focuses on positively perceived places with negative or ambivalent places being largely omitted. This study investigated patterns of attachment of former staff members from three conventionally stigmatised places: historic mental asylums in the north of England. Semi-structured, qualitative interviews were conducted with 16 former staff from the three sites that were in the process of being redeveloped into residential use. Firstly, the study demonstrated that strong, positive attachments were present for the former staff members, created through length of time spent working within these institutions and the sense of belonging and community experienced. Secondly, these attachments were linked to strong senses of individual identity born of the personal and career developments that these sites had offered. Thirdly, the findings expand on the literature exploring both place-protective action and negatively perceived places and demonstrate the value of employing qualitative methods in investigating these.Furthermore, the article demonstrates that strong positive place attachments can support place change as a way of preserving and retaining a place. This challenges the existing assumptions within literature concerning place-protective action, that assumes this occurs primarily in opposition to place change.

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地方依恋和消极地方：对历史悠久的精神病院、污名和地方保护主义的定性方法。

摘要 探索地方依恋、地方认同和人地关系的研究通常采用定量的方法，侧重于积极感知的地方，而负面或矛盾的地方被大量省略。这项研究调查了来自三个传统上被污名化的地方的前工作人员的依恋模式：英格兰北部的历史精神病院。对来自正在重新开发为住宅用途的三个地点的 16 名前员工进行了半结构化的定性访谈。首先，该研究表明，前任工作人员存在强烈、积极的依恋，这是通过在这些机构工作的时间长短以及归属感和社区体验而产生的。第二，这些依恋与这些网站所提供的个人和职业发展所产生的强烈的个人认同感有关。第三，这些发现扩展了探索地方保护行动和负面感知地方的文献，并证明了采用定性方法进行调查的价值。此外，文章表明，强烈的积极地方依恋可以支持地方变化，作为一种保护和保留一席之地。这挑战了文献中关于地方保护行动的现有假设，假设这主要发生在与地方变化相反的地方。这些发现扩展了探索地方保护行动和负面感知地方的文献，并证明了采用定性方法进行调查的价值。此外，文章表明，强烈的积极地方依恋可以支持地方变化，作为一种保护和保留地方的方式。地方。这挑战了文献中关于地方保护行动的现有假设，假设这主要发生在与地方变化相反的地方。这些发现扩展了探索地方保护行动和负面感知地方的文献，并证明了采用定性方法进行调查的价值。此外，文章表明，强烈的积极地方依恋可以支持地方变化，作为一种保护和保留地方的方式。地方。这挑战了文献中关于地方保护行动的现有假设，假设这主要发生在与地方变化相反的地方。