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Wir leben in Klangwelten, die unser Erleben einer lebendigen Wirklichkeit prägen. Wir suchen nach außeralltäglichen Klangerlebnissen in aufwändig inszenierten Spiel-Räumen. Diese Spiel-Räume sind Räume der erlebten Interaktion, es sind... more
In this chapter, I draw on Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy to explore environmental embodiment—the various lived ways, sensorily and motility-wise, that the body in its pre-reflective perceptual presence engages and synchronizes with the world... more
Forthcoming in a volume edited by Haraldur Bernhardsson. This article examines Landnámabók utilizing the anthropological distinction between place and space, defined within an understanding of phenomenology and emplaced paractice centered... more
This article examines the conception of the everyday city as presented in the work of architect Christopher Alexander and architectural theorist Bill Hillier: Both thinkers suggest that, in the past, lively urban places arose... more
Touching impermanence describes the experiential moment in an art encounter when one senses the enchanted reality of one's interconnections wit the sentient matterflow of existence. All matter in existence is constantly vibrating,... more
Salt domes are geological features that occur when areas of salt deposits are pressured into layers above them, causing dome shaped distortions in horizontal strata. In some instances, the distortions protrude above flat areas of land or... more
Ethnographic narratives are like New Englanders giving directions. From the Writer's Workshop Series on Savage Minds.
This article explores the increased enforcement of legislation pertaining to live music. The resulting litigation has brought to light conflicting agendas among municipal administration, actors involved in the music scene, and... more
The exterior design of existing preschool environments is evaluated in the context of contemporary writings by architects focusing on creating designs that nurture childrenÕs emotions. Sense of place research is discussed in relation to... more
In an Australian context, all engineering projects are built on Aboriginal lands that have their own diverse stories, peoples and designs; yet in many cases, fostering meaningful relationships between these Aboriginal communities and... more
Flusty, Steven & Pauliina Raento (2010). Imagineered worlds: The design of Las Vegas resort-casinos. In Rappaport, N., B. Denison & N. Hanna (eds.): Learning in Las Vegas: Charles Atwood/David M. Schwartz, 52–71. Yale School of... more
Increasingly marked by ethnic resettlement, large-scale development and the destruction of cultural places, today's world challenges the essential bond between indigenous peoples and the land. Popular ideas about the supportive role of... more
Gambling in Macau was liberalised in 2002, when the People’s Republic of China was also campaigning for the city to be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site. In 2005, while the opening of new monumental casino venues began to critically... more
Drawing on previous work on environmental justice, social construction of environment, and sense-of-place theory, this paper will examine the relationship between inequity, landscape meaning, and place identity using the case of the... more
Bruges est une ville en couleurs dont un écrivain flamand francophone de la fin du XIX e siècle, Georges Rodenbach (1855-1898), a fait depuis 1892 la célébrité mondiale en la peignant en noir et blanc dans un roman illustré de cartes... more
This article explores exclusion and sense of displacement through the austerity experiences of young adults in Ballymun, a disadvantaged urban neighbourhood in Dublin, Ireland. Such youth encountered exclusion on the labour market, urban... more
The aim of this paper is to situate the Sardinian village within the flux of contemporary social transformations that stand poised to redefine it. Specifically, it examines the highland village of Orgosolo, understanding it as a site that... more
In this chapter we outline two premises that provide a viable theoretical basis for intergenerationally-focused, place-responsive education. On their basis, intergenerational learning is said to have occurred when people of more than one... more
Alue, paikka ja identiteetti ovat nousseet 1990-luvulta alkaen eri puolilla maailmaa akateemisen tutkimuksen ja yhteiskunnallisen keskustelun avainkäsitteiksi. Tämän kehityksen keskeinen tausta on globaalin talouden muutos, jonka myötä... more
Mimarlık, doğa içerisinde doğayla birlikte bir yapma eylemi midir yoksa bütünüyle doğaya karşı bir tavır mıdır? Doğadan bağımsız, münferit bir birey olmak için mi mimarlık yapma eylemine ihtiyaç duyarız, yoksa onunla birlikte yaşayabilmek... more
The Goutte d’Or neighborhood of Paris has long been seen as an impoverished yet colorful quarter of the city. In recent years, it has also developed a reputation as a center for immigrants. Three populations now share the neighborhood:... more
One of the lacunae of traditional music scholarship in England has been the lack of systematic study of folk song and its performance in discrete geographical areas. This thesis endeavours to address this gap in knowledge in a small way,... more
Please note that this is the original unpublished version which has now been peer reviewed and published (see 'Making Sense of a Sense of Place' above). The review process required some significant editing changes be made to this original... more
John Sayles is one of America’s most successful independent filmmakers, whose works include Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980), City of Hope (1991), and Lone Star (1996). This article examines Sayles’ portrait of place in Sunshine State... more
This article is the first academic study of a significant twentieth-century periodical genre, the county magazine. Through a content analysis of a successful example, Lancashire Life magazine, it introduces regional differentiation into... more
The lack of an overarching narrative of place for Northern Ireland, and its territorial conflict, have resulted in fragmented, highly localized and strictly bounded senses of place. This is nowhere more evident than in Belfast, a city... more
This essay aims to provide a phenomenological reading of two distinct communities. One is an organic settlement, the town of Cavtat, situated on the Adriatic coast. The other -central Mississauga -is situated near Toronto, Canada, and is... more
Aritha van Herk’s Places Far From Ellesmere is informed by the contrary dynamics of the centripetal forces of “emplacement” as “entextment,” and the centrifugal drive of dis-location striving to eschew textual and territorial enclosure.... more
This ebook is a narrative account of the Joint Review Panel hearings for the Northern Gateway Pipeline which is tied to a physical journey by the author along the proposed pipeline route. The research seeks to understand how the local... more
in: Eric Tagliacozzo, Helen F. Siu and Peter C. Perdue (eds.), Asia Inside Out: Connected Places (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2015), 98-127.
Short blog post for the Utrecht Religie Forum:
https://urf.sites.uu.nl/2019/04/11/smelling-sacred-spaces-pilgrimage-practices-and-olfactory-experiences-in-early-islam/
https://urf.sites.uu.nl/2019/04/11/smelling-sacred-spaces-pilgrimage-practices-and-olfactory-experiences-in-early-islam/
This paper describes the application and results of two studies using a qualitative tool designed to examine sense of place in relation to presence research in the BENOGO project. The 'place probe' incorporates a range of techniques aimed... more
Inger Birkeland er samfunnsgeograf og postdoktor ved Institutt for geografi, Universitetet i Bergen. Plan 5/2009 61 «Byen» Sigurdsrud sett fra Beita. (Foto: Sigurdsrud grannelag)
Abstract: This article expands on the research methodology I developed for my master’s thesis in Human and Social Development at the University of Victoria’s Studies in Policy and Practice Program. The title of my thesis is “Lateral... more
This is an early unpublished draft of a book chapter whose final version appears in the edited volume Dispatches from Pakistan published by University of Minnesota Press. Specifically, I study the struggles over access to fishing waters,... more
In recent years interest has emerged regarding the geographies of higher education students, particularly in patterns of mobility and dispersion. While anecdotal rhetoric suggests a 'typical student' exists within UK institutions, what... more
"The Unfixed Landscape" pairs the landscape photography of Meghann Riepenhoff and Matthew Brandt. While the physical practices of these artists vary—one develops cyanotypes while the other works with chromogenic prints—both are intent on... more
This working paper explores the social geography of anticipation, desire, exclusion, and control that has emerged as a result of Baloch fishermen’s entanglement with the Pakistani government’s plans todevelop a large commercial seaport in... more
Ever since the 1980s, architectural discourses have been dealing with concerns about the new millennium. These concerns have underlined that one of the most important aspects of designing an architectural project is to envision the design... more
In Shakespeare's classic work Romeo and Juliet, one of the key characters Juliet Capulet, famously ponders one evening on her balcony, 'What's in a name?'. This question has been the central focus of this thesis, although rather than... more
Pedagogy of the Place – the Local Culture in Case of Modern Human’s Identity Formation This paper is devoted to scratching problems, which are undertaken by one of trends in the modern pedagogy – pedagogy of place. Anthropologically... more