strategy
Relating to place
Synonyms:
Appreciating placeCreating bonds to place
Creating meaningful relationships to place
Fostering topophilia
Celebrating endemophilia
Enjoying homewellness
Description:
Nurturing a sense of place and connection to a place.
Context:
The relationship between landscape or place and people has a dual nature. On the one hand there is a group of economic relationships associated with survival and commerce (profit). On the other hand, there is a group of cultural relationships associated with the non-economic activities of a society, expressing both societal values and elements of individual cognition.
To balance the negative psychological state of ‘nostalgia’, environmental philosopher Glenn Albrecht proposed ‘endemophilia’ (the sense of being truly at home within one’s place and culture — or ‘homewellness’).
Claim:
The values of landscape and lifestyle are fundamental to our cultural identity.
Constrained by:
Disregarding placeDestroying sense of place Facilitates:
Forging distinctive community identityInstigating community resources managementDisseminating environmental knowledge using local customsUsing local knowledge in planning agricultural industries Facilitated by:
Decreasing population mobilityPromoting sustainable livelihoods Problems:
Unmeaningful relationships to placeValues:
Unmeaningful Organizations:
European Federation of Youth Service Organizations References:
Norberg-Schulz, Christian: Genius Loci: toward a phenomenology of architectureTuan, Y F: Topophilia: a study of environmental perception, attitudes and valuesRelph, Edward: Place and PlacelessnessGeertz, C: Local KnowledgeHay, Robert: An Appraisal of our Meaningful Relationships in Place Subjects:
Commerce → CurrencySocial Activity → Friendship
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies