This chapter explores the growing prevalence of studies of home and the domestic within social and cultural geography. First, it traces how feminist scholars have highlighted the home as an important space in shaping societal relations and governance practices. Second, the chapter examines the need for greater communication between studies of home and studies of housing, particularly in relation to post-2008 housing crises. The chapter then turns to recent areas of expansion in studies of home: the relationship between home and queer studies, the ways in which home is intentionally destroyed (“domicide”) and unmade, and the significance of these foci for social and cultural geography. It concludes by highlighting emerging areas of exploration for critical geographies of home: the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on understandings of home, the rising role of domestic surveillance technologies, and the home as an important site in addressing the major global issue of our time, climate change. The chapter emphasizes the centrality of home and the domestic to the discipline. The home is not just an important personal space but also an integral concept in the construction of society, identity formation, and our understandings of major global issues.
Nowicki, Mel
School of Law and Social Sciences
Year of publication: 2025Date of RADAR deposit: 2025-06-25
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