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Night-Time Economy Systems Maps
Mapping the night-time economy at a local level to reduce unequal harms
Town’s poor reputation harms residents’ self-esteem
Source of power:
Cultural
Space of power:
TOWN'S IMAGE, REPUTATION AND IDENTITY

Description:
Participants felt the negative perception of Swindon makes its residents feel "inadequate” and "less worthy" and creates a self-fulfilling prophecy
Quotes from participants:
"it just makes the people that live there feel inadequate or less worthy. I mean, if you keep calling something shit, it’s going to be shit isn’t it."
Primary Connections

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