Making its place in the 21st Century countryside: life and identities within today's English rural sporting estate.

Philo（1992）“被忽视的农村地理”的几个关键例子尚未得到充分的调查。一个区域是体育地产，这是一种以射击、钓鱼和/或跟踪为基础的陆上业务，经济上很突出。迄今为止，为数不多的研究绝大多数都局限于较为引人注目的苏格兰背景。本博士课程将探索乡村生活的日常实践和经验（Halfacree 2006），通过对英国庄园的案例研究来评估它们今天在整个乡村马赛克中的位置。将利用不同的历史、社会和文化资源来表达所有人（农村和城市）参与和通过这些庄园的多种声音。

Several key examples of Philo's (1992) 'neglected rural geographies' are yet to be subject to adequate investigation. One area is the sporting estate, a land-based business with shooting, fishing and/or stalking economically prominent. The few studies to date have been overwhelmingly limited to the higher-profile Scottish context. This PhD will explore everyday practices and experiences of rural life (Halfacree 2006) expressed through case-study English estates to evaluate their place today within the overall rural mosaic. Diverse historical, social, and cultural sources will be utilised to express the multiple voices of all - rural and urban - engaging with and through these estates.