ABSTRACT
In Halfacree’s three-fold model of rural space, introduced in Chapter 1, the third dimension is formed by the everyday lives of the rural, which interact with formal representations of rurality and the spatial practices of rural localities. Everyday life in the rural may be shaped by the socioeconomic structures of rural localities and informed by representations of rurality, but as Halfacree notes, these aspects ‘never completely overwhelm the experiences of everyday life’ (2006: 51-52). People living in rural areas make the rural through their own routine practices and performances (discussed further in Chapter 7), through their lifestyle choices, and through their interactions with other rural residents, both human and non-human.
