Making sense of place: multidisciplinary perspectives

Convery, Ian ORCID logo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2527-5660 , Corsane, Gerard and Davis, Peter, eds. (2012) Making sense of place: multidisciplinary perspectives. Boydell & Brewer, Woodbridge. Full text not available from this repository.

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Abstract

The term "sense of place" is an important multidisciplinary concept, used to understand the complex processes through which individuals and groups define themselves and their relationship to their natural and cultural environments, and which over the last twenty years or so has been increasingly defined, theorized and used across diverse disciplines in different ways. Sense of place mediates our relationship with the world and with each other; it provides a profoundly important foundation for individual and community identity. It can be an intimate, deeply personal experience yet also something which we share with others. It is at once recognizable but never constant; rather it is embodied in the flux between familiarity and difference. Research in this area requires culturally and geographically nuanced analyses, approaches that are sensitive to difference and specificity, event and locale. The essays collected here, drawn from a variety of disciplines (including but not limited to sociology, history, geography, outdoor education, museum and heritage studies, health, and English literature), offer an international perspective on the relationship between people and place, via five interlinked sections (Histories, Landscapes and Identities; Rural Sense of Place; Urban Sense of Place; Cultural Landscapes; Conservation, Biodiversity and Tourism).

Item Type: Book
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
ISBN: 9781843837077
Departments: Academic Departments > Science, Natural Resources & Outdoor Studies (SNROS) > Forestry and Conservation
Depositing User: Insight Administrator
Date Deposited: 10 Jan 2013 12:45
Last Modified: 12 Jan 2024 10:31
URI: https://insight.cumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/1380
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