Introduction

According to Smith et al. (2010 : 1), social geography is defined as ‘the study of social relations and the spatial structures that underpin those relations’. To Del Casino (2009) , the social remains an incredibly important organising framework across the world, despite calls for a complete individualisation where everyone takes care of their own and where everyone theoretically has the same opportunities. Social identities and groupings – organised through race, gender, (dis)ability, class, nation states, neighbourhoods or social networks – are to this present day still used to distinguish both physical and social differences.