In the summer writing course, I read Place attachment and place identity in natives and non-natives (Bernanrdo Hernandez, M. Carmen Hidalgo, M. Esther Salazar-Laplace, Stephany Hess, 2007). I thought the topic was really interesting and try to find some more references related to the topic. I found a work named A pace to call home: Identification with dwelling, community, and region.
They say:
In the research, Cuba and Hummon (1993) claimed that social participation in the local community is essential for community identity and patterns of intercommunity spatial activity promote a regional identity. I agree with the authors ideas that what people do in the community contribute a lot and help people develop their place identity with community.
I say:
I have a different idea about the how people develop their place identity and personal identity. In my idea, I think there is one significant element for people to develop their personal identity. The important element is about peoples that people deal with in their daily life(Family, Friends and Teachers...etc.) I think people's relations are really significant to people's personal identity and all the peoples people interact with help cultivate their different personal aspects. From this viewpoint, I am going to discuss more about related ideas about people's relations with other people.
Alan, I love how you start this post by giving your audience some context (saying that you are taking a summer immersion course that you led you to this research) to understand why you are doing this activity!
ReplyDeleteI also really like how you say what you agree with, and how your ideas also diverge, so clearly! I wonder if you were successful in looking into further research the other day about how place and relationships have been connected. Either way, I think this is an important addition to the research we looked at which seems to focus on physical location. I think your "I say" in this post is particularly clear and I really enjoyed reading it!