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Showing 1 to 20 of 51 for “"place identity"”.
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Sense of place, identity and attachment : entering university.
Sense of Place is a topic that has attracted considerable interest of late; how people relate to their location and how this bond can increase or decrease can have considerable bearing on levels of well-being and adjustment. Place attachment can also be strengthened through social interplay and …
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Place-identity and homelessness : The restorative nature of the home
This research aims to address deficiencies in the Place-Identity literature and establish whether the home is a central and mediating environment within this theory. An exploration of the association between homelessness and Place-Identity provides a vehicle for clarifying the psychological role of …
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Rebuilding Place: Exploring Strategies to Align Place Identity During Relocation
… such identities are disrupted during a change in place. This study reveals how individuals deal with a loss of place as a resource for their personal identities. It also uncovers successful strategies used to facilitate place identity alignment during relocation. Specifically, this research …
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Rebuilding Place: Exploring Strategies to Align Place Identity During Relocation
… such identities are disrupted during a change in place. This study reveals how individuals deal with a loss of place as a resource for their personal identities. It also uncovers successful strategies used to facilitate place identity alignment during relocation. Specifically, this research …
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Exploring place identity within a primary school: a case study using visual methods
… to explore pupils’ perception and experience of place within an upper primary school in southern England. The theoretical framework is based on Breakwell’s four place identity principles; distinctiveness, continuity, self-efficacy, and self-esteem. One class, consisting of 21 pupils aged 9 years …
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Defining and Enhancing Place-Identity in Historic Cities: Embracing heritage, conflict, and globalisation in Erbil, Iraq
… role in re-shaping urban form and distinctive place-identity of unique historical landscapes. One recent example is the case of Erbil, the capital of the Kurdish region of Iraq. After decades of war and ethnic repression, the area is now experiencing a period of political and economic …
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Invention and Contention: Place, Identity and Memory of the Spanish Past in the American Southwest, 1848-1940
… a narrative of the arid Southwest as an exotic place blessed with a romantic history that could inspire, captivate and renew the many new white citizens flocking to rapidly growing cities. The history of Spanish colonialism in the area became a precious and exclusive cultural and economic …
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Defining and restoring the cultural landscape and place-identity of historic cities: the case of Mérida, Yucatán, México
… that threaten unique cultural landscapes and place-identity. This trend towards homogenisation and fragmentation is a significant concern for societies, as it erodes the distinctive character and the personal meanings associated with these places. To address this issue, various theoretical …
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The influence of cinema in destination image and place identity to foster tourism and cultural relations between Portugal and India
O setor das viagens e turismo afirma-se como motor de desenvolvimento em vários domínios. Para além do impacto económico, amplamente estudado, que a atividade tem a nível mundial, outros campos de estudo têm vindo a demonstrar o potencial que este setor pode ter para a promoção da compreensão …
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Gated nature and its role in creating place attachment and place identity in post-apartheid South Africa: an analysis of Grotto Bay private residential estate
… experiences contribute to the development of place attachment, against the backdrop of the understanding of whiteness in the post-apartheid landscape. This qualitative, ethnographic research uses semi-structured interviews and participant observation to collect data. To analyse the data …
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A transnational poetics of place: identity, otherness and the meaning of home in the poetry of Li-Young Lee, Marilyn Chin, Bei Dao, Hannah Lowe and Sarah Howe
… taking into account relevant criticisms about identity politics from postcolonial and cultural theories. In particular, the project explores the challenge of articulating otherness in terms of language(s), history(ies) and culture(s). Through close readings of significant contemporary poets of …
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The role of place in perceived identity continuity
… underlying this research program is that places can contribute to identity, and that like other elements of identity they may be subject to the same psychological processes. One way in which personal and social identity have been characterised is by their provision of a psychologically …
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Collective Identity in Appalachia: Place, Protest and the AEP Power Line
… movement theory has focused on constructs of identity, such as race/ethnicity, gender and sexual preference, for collective identity construction. Prochansky (1983:59) introduces the concept of place identity, situating it along with the other components of identity, such as the ones mentioned …
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The Role of Sustainability in Enhancing Place Performance Through an Identity-Based Approach to Place Branding
… growth is an important goal in today’s marketplace. This concern for a sustainable future incentivises marketing based around sustainability. The food and beverage industry had its fair share of criticism as its production uses more natural resources than most industries. One industry that has …
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Place Attachment as an Interactional Process: A Case Study of Isle au Haut, Maine
… to peoples' constructed stories of special places, the average person begins to understand why and how attachments to places form. This study concerns the attachments residents of Isle au Haut, Maine possess on the remote island, which borders part of Acadia National Park. The purpose of …
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A Feminist Approach to Understanding ESL Identity Development: A Case Study of Korean Women in U.S. Universities
Current literature and approaches to identity construction within L2 contexts often fail or underemphasize the important roles that strategic identity and discursive-place identity play in second language acquisition processes. This study explores how education, English discourse, and American …
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Place attachment and alumni's experience during the homecoming weekend
… as tourists and event attendees on their place attachment to the local community during the homecoming weekend in college towns. A conceptual framework was developed to capture the relationship among alumni homecoming attendees’ festival experience, destination experience, place …
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Communities in play: the social value of youth drama groups in rural areas of Northern Ireland
… value youth drama groups in small places in Northern Ireland, and the role which these groups play in ecologies of local cultural participation. In line with the AHRC Cultural Value Project’s approach, value is interpreted as a subjectively experienced phenomenon. Drawing on …
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Coming home: storytelling, place, and identity in N. Scott Momaday's House made of down and Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony
… authenticity through the conflated elements of identity, home, ceremony, and storytelling in Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony and N. Scott Momaday's House Made of Dawn. Coming home for characters Tayo and Abel involves redirecting of isolated individual energy to the whole community, enabling them …
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