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Provides an examination of the concept of ‘sense of place’, using the Western District of Australia as a case study
Puts forward a unique methodological framework to navigate through landscape ‘sense of place’ meanings
Offers a valuable new model for academics, students and practitioners
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This book offers an original framework on how to investigate, understand and translate sense of place at a regional scale.
The book explores contemporary sense of place theory and practice, drawing upon the Western District of Victoria, in Australia, being the "Country of the White Cockatoo". It offers a unique multi-temporal and thematical analytical approach towards comprehending and map** the values that underpin and determine strengths of human relationships and nuances to this landscape.
Included is a deep ethno-ecological and cross-cultural translation, that takes the reader through both the Western understanding of sense of place as well as the Australian Aboriginal understanding of Country. Both are different intellectual constructions of thoughts, values and ideologies, but which share numerous commonalities due to their archetypal meanings, feelings and values transmitted to humans.
The book explores contemporary sense of place theory and practice, drawing upon the Western District of Victoria, in Australia, being the "Country of the White Cockatoo". It offers a unique multi-temporal and thematical analytical approach towards comprehending and map** the values that underpin and determine strengths of human relationships and nuances to this landscape.
Included is a deep ethno-ecological and cross-cultural translation, that takes the reader through both the Western understanding of sense of place as well as the Australian Aboriginal understanding of Country. Both are different intellectual constructions of thoughts, values and ideologies, but which share numerous commonalities due to their archetypal meanings, feelings and values transmitted to humans.
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr David S Jones is Professor (Research) at Monash University, Adjunct Professor at the University of Canberra, and Adjunct Associate Professor at Griffith University. Active in landscape architecture, planning and Indigenous Knowledge Systems research and academia, he oversights strategic planning and urban design at the Wadawurrung Traditional Owners Aboriginal Corporation.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Exploring Place in the Australian Landscape
Book Subtitle: In the Country of the White Cockatoo
Authors: David S. Jones
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3213-7
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-3212-0Published: 31 August 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-3215-1Published: 01 September 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-3213-7Published: 30 August 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXVI, 489
Number of Illustrations: 30 b/w illustrations
Topics: Human Geography, Geography, general, Cultural Geography, Landscape Architecture, Cultural Studies