Forced resettlement, the process of intentionally displacing and moving people from one location to another, increases impoverishment risks and creates severe and long‐lasting economic and psycho‐socio‐cultural impacts. While these impacts are well established, there is comparatively much less research about ‘loss of place’ after displacement when people are disconnected from a space or spaces that are meaningful to them. Therefore, this paper seeks to address this gap through empirical research on the experiences of residents who were displaced and relocated to an outer township in Yangon, Myanmar, 25 years after the resettlement event. The study examines what it means to lose a sense of place after forced resettlement, and how despite the disorientating impacts of displacement, individuals actively worked to re‐establish social and physical connections over time. The paper outlines how displaced residents developed and implemented strategies to re‐establish their sense of place and rebuild their community. It finds that multiple levels of strategies were developed—at individual, household, and community scales—to restore social connections and adapt to a new environment. These findings contribute to a deeper understanding of place attachment and community rebuilding, particularly in contexts where displacement is driven by urban development, climate change, or state interventions.

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失去和重建“地方感”的经历：缅甸强制重新安置的见解


强制重新安置，即故意使人们流离失所并从一个地方迁移到另一个地方的过程，增加了贫困风险，并造成了严重而持久的经济和心理社会文化影响。虽然这些影响已经得到充分证实，但关于人们与一个或多个对他们有意义的空间脱节时，流离失所后“失去位置”的研究相对较少。因此，本文试图通过对重新安置事件 25 年后流离失所并搬迁到缅甸仰光郊区居民的经历进行实证研究来解决这一差距。该研究探讨了被迫重新安置后失去地方感意味着什么，以及尽管流离失所的影响令人迷失方向，但随着时间的推移，个人如何积极努力重建社会和身体联系。该论文概述了流离失所的居民如何制定和实施策略来重建他们的地方感和重建他们的社区。它发现，在个人、家庭和社区层面上，人们制定了多个层次的策略，以恢复社会联系并适应新环境。这些发现有助于更深入地理解地方依恋和社区重建，尤其是在城市发展、气候变化或国家干预导致流离失所的情况下。