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additional word tags: “environmental psychology”, “phenomenology of place”
additional authors: Altman and Low (1992), Tuan (1977), Stedman (2003)
“sense of place” → place attachment (subset of former)
- many people lack “sense of place”: In some studies prevalence of depression, grief and emotional damages caused by “placelessness” and loss of the land has been pointed which perhaps its reason is “placelessness” and lack of people in attention to management of space.
- wonder how this intersects / correlates with the digital nomad x popup city phenomena
- what is the eventual goal of “popup cities” - to find a place to orient to, or to continue travelling?
- dopamine cycles <> addiction. can architecture, interior design, and spatial UX allow people to ground more fully + break these cycles?
- wonder how this intersects / correlates with the digital nomad x popup city phenomena
- look into psychological similarities between homelessness <> placelessness
“places are a container for cultural, social and individual relationship”
what variables add to a “sense of place”?
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influenced by both objective features (landscape, smell, sound, design) and subjective experience (memory, culture, social ties) - not inherent in location
- how much can our social technologies design around subjective experience (digitally), and then emphasized via objective features?
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can also test among variables: experience, duration, social interaction, and satisfaction with the place
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happens when a place becomes “important” to someone. especially interesting: this strengthens when people feel responsible for integrated with the place (culminating in “sacrifice for the place”)
Sacrifice for place: This level is the highest level of sense of place and people have the deepest commitment to place.
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scales of attachment (Shamai 1991): progression from awareness → belonging → attachment → [identification → involvement] → sacrifice for place
- at the highest level, people prioritize the place’s well-being above their own interests
- could create experiments testing out + moving people up shamai’s ladder
how can we increase collective responsibility + stewardship of public spaces (or someone else’s home)?
- interaction vectors: cognitive [spatial perception + navigation], behavioral [activities, functional relationship to environment] and emotional [satisfaction, attachment]
akiya sites could be designed as an evolving emotionally intelligent habitat; similar to how the current makerspace is (infused by people who have made “their mark” on the spatial architecture)
cross-culture narrative layer via myths, folklore, etc
- ability for people to add to the continuous lore: modern tech <> regional spirit (satoyama consciousness)
how to create more pollinators of place attachment? ie more places to feel like home
- creating more ways where places feel like organisms, have a degree of “aliveness”