Making Sense of Place Exploring the Concepts and Expressions of Place Though Different Senses and Lenses

by Vanclay, Frank; Higgins, Matthew

• ISBN13: 9781876944513
• ISBN10: 187694451X
• Edition: DVD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-05-01
• Publisher: National Museum of Australia Press

Summary

Exploring place from myriad perspectives, this volume presents evocative encounterssuch as the Great Barrier Reef experienced through touch or Lake Mungo encountered through soundwhile shedding light on the meaning of place for deaf people. Case studies include the Maze prison in Northern Ireland, Inuit hunting grounds in northern Canada, and the songlines of the Anangu people in central Australia. Iconic landscapes, lookouts, buildings, gardens, suburbs, grieving places, and even cars all provide contexts for experiencing and understanding "place."

Author Biography

Frank Vanclay is a professor of rural sociology at the Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research at the University of Tasmania in Hobart. Matthew Higgins has worked as a senior curator at the National Museum of Australia since 2004 and has worked professionally as a historian for the past 25 years. Adam Blackshaw is a public programs coordinator at the National Museum of Australia.