They say:
Misse Wester-Herber (2004) claims that the place that can let people develop place identity will show the specific aspects of identity. One of them is distinctiveness, a differentiation from other groups.
I say:
I disagree with this idea because during my presentation, I focus on the comparison between the two libraries in where I am from and where I am. As we all known, library is one of the most common public places. In other words, library don't have the aspect of uniqueness. But still I did develop my place identity through all those years I spent there preparing tests or enjoying spare time.
Will,
ReplyDeleteI really like the ideas you present from Wester-Herber and that you make the bold move of disagreeing with the author. Can you say more about these ideas for an audience? For instance, what is distinctiveness? How does it relate to place identity? Don't forget that you are the expert here -- your readers are not familiar with this article, so you need to give them clarifying and background information about the ideas you are responding to. I really like the way you work to build a connection between your response and your larger paper topic of library spaces.