How We Came to Inhabit These Spaces: Reflections on the Role of Place in Our Individual and Collective Journeys as Emerging Sustainability Scholars

Agnew (1987) proposes three dimensions of place: place as the locationof an object or event; place as the locale or setting for human activity; and sense of place, which refers to identification with and belonging to a particular place. Cultivating a sense of place, or place attachment, has been adv...

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Published in:Journal of sustainability education 2016-01
Main Authors: Aikens, Kathleen, Maina, Naomi, Ana-Maria, Bogdan, Shahadu, Hardi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Collaboration
College campuses
Decolonization
Higher education
Interdisciplinary aspects
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Native peoples
Pedagogy
Research methodology
Self study
Sustainability
Writing
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Summary:Agnew (1987) proposes three dimensions of place: place as the locationof an object or event; place as the locale or setting for human activity; and sense of place, which refers to identification with and belonging to a particular place. Cultivating a sense of place, or place attachment, has been advocated as a response to perceived human detachment from the natural world, described by one charismatic advocate as “Nature Deficit Disorder” (Louv, 2005). In our experiences, universities self-describe as serving to gather together scholars from around the world, united by shared values of seeking basic and applied knowledge, and better served by the diversity and circulation of ideas and people. If public education is considered to be an important site of social reproduction (Anyon, 1980), then pockets of resistance and redefinition of socio-spatial relations must be uncovered within these lived experiences of place.
ISSN:2151-7452