Chapter 7 Interpreting Places and Landscapes
People not only filter information from their environments through neuro physiological and physiological proceeded but draw on personality and culture to produce cognitive images of their environment
The human-environment relationship results in a variety of ways of understanding the world around us as well as different ways of being in the world as information is filtered by people
Economically places emerge through all kinds of transactions that result from the complexities of the land market
Places are the result of a wide range of forces from economic to social
Places reflect the tensions between social groups as well as their harmonious interactions
Territoriality is the persistent attachment of individuals or people to a specific location or territory
Social scientists have argued that territoriality is a natural human instinct that impacts our sense of safety and security as well as our sense of stimulation and our identity
Proxemics is the study of social and political meaning people give to space
Territoriality is a material form of power as it regulates interaction, access to resources and people and can be a symbol of group membership(us vs them)
Among the most important relations are cultural identities of race, class, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality
Often these identities come together in a group and their influence becomes central to our understanding of how group identity shapes space and is shaped by it
To interpret our environment we must learn how to read the codes written into landscapes
Semiotics is a process in high codes signify important information about landscapes
Landscapes as different from each other as shopping malls and war memorials can be understood in terms of their semiotics. Although it is important to appreciate that even when certain landscapes have intended meaning by those who make have created them those who perceive them as make their own sense of that landscape
A shared consciousness has diffused certain values and attitudes around the globe and the commonalities have been accompanied by the growing importance of material consumption
One of the effects of global culture is the commodification of spaces or the “Disneyfication” in the heritage industry where regions capitalize on stereotypical imagery of their regions to “sell” to global consumers
Many people have responded to homogenized global culture with counter movements including rediscovering their own “culture of place” preserving distinct cultural values and difference to global culture and participating in counter cultures like the Cittaslow movement
People not only filter information from their environments through neuro physiological and physiological proceeded but draw on personality and culture to produce cognitive images of their environment
The human-environment relationship results in a variety of ways of understanding the world around us as well as different ways of being in the world as information is filtered by people
Economically places emerge through all kinds of transactions that result from the complexities of the land market
Places are the result of a wide range of forces from economic to social
Places reflect the tensions between social groups as well as their harmonious interactions
Territoriality is the persistent attachment of individuals or people to a specific location or territory
Social scientists have argued that territoriality is a natural human instinct that impacts our sense of safety and security as well as our sense of stimulation and our identity
Proxemics is the study of social and political meaning people give to space
Territoriality is a material form of power as it regulates interaction, access to resources and people and can be a symbol of group membership(us vs them)
Among the most important relations are cultural identities of race, class, gender, ethnicity, and sexuality
Often these identities come together in a group and their influence becomes central to our understanding of how group identity shapes space and is shaped by it
To interpret our environment we must learn how to read the codes written into landscapes
Semiotics is a process in high codes signify important information about landscapes
Landscapes as different from each other as shopping malls and war memorials can be understood in terms of their semiotics. Although it is important to appreciate that even when certain landscapes have intended meaning by those who make have created them those who perceive them as make their own sense of that landscape
A shared consciousness has diffused certain values and attitudes around the globe and the commonalities have been accompanied by the growing importance of material consumption
One of the effects of global culture is the commodification of spaces or the “Disneyfication” in the heritage industry where regions capitalize on stereotypical imagery of their regions to “sell” to global consumers
Many people have responded to homogenized global culture with counter movements including rediscovering their own “culture of place” preserving distinct cultural values and difference to global culture and participating in counter cultures like the Cittaslow movement
