Chapter 6 Interpreting Places and Landscapes

Psycological representations of locations that are made up from people's individual ideas and impressions of these locations

Maurice Halbwachs, human memory can only function within a collective conscience; shared remembrance that develops throughout time; ex. a nation develops its collective memory through building memorials it chooses to/ not to erect

A tangible outcome of the complex interactions between a human group and a natual environment

Landscapes that have experienced abandonment, misuse, disnvestment, or vandalism

Idea that landscapes and be read and written by groups and individuals

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Everyday landscapes that people create in the course of their daily lives

Places attempting to change themselves to become appealing for tourism and economic gain; continualy re-interpreting, imagining, designing, packaging, and marketing themselves for their own benefit

Practice of writing and reading signs

Representations of particular values or aspirations that the builders and financiers of those landscapes want to impart to a larger public

Area recognized by individuals or groups as worthy of special attention as a site of special religious significance

Emotions and meanings assciated with particular places that have become significant to individuals

Found in large, heterogenous society that shares certain habits despite differences in personal characteristics

The physical objects produced by a culture in order to meet its material needs: food, clothing, shelter, arts, and recreation (Carl Sauer)

Frequent repetition of an act until it becomes characteristic of a group of people