Making Sense of Place: Exploring Concepts and Expressions of Place Through Different Senses and Lenses

“Making Sense of Place is a book of selected proceedings from the Senses of Place conference held in Hobart in April 2006. It explores place from myriad perspectives and through evocative encounters. The Barrier Reef is experienced through the sense of touch, Lake Mungo is encountered through sound and ‘listening’, and light is shed on the meaning of place for deaf people. Case studies include the Maze prison, Inuit hunting grounds, and the songlines of the Anangu people. Iconic landscapes, lookouts, gardens, grieving places, the ‘car place’ – all provide contexts for experiencing and understanding place.”Exploring place from myriad perspectives, this volume presents evocative encounters–such as the Great Barrier Reef experienced through touch or Lake Mungo encountered through sound–while shedding light on the meaning of place for deaf people. Case studies include the Maze prison in Northern Ireland, Inuit hunting grounds in northern Canada, and the songlines of the Anangu people in central Australia. Iconic landscapes, lookouts, buildings, gardens, suburbs, grieving places, and even cars all provide contexts for experiencing and understanding “place.”

viii, 331 p. : col. ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm. + 1 DVD.  Accompanying disc in pocket inside back cover.#0921

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Frank Vanclay is a professor of rural sociology at the Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research at the University of Tasmania in Hobart. Matthew Higgins has worked as a senior curator at the National Museum of Australia since 2004 and has worked professionally as a historian for the past 25 years. Adam Blackshaw is a public programs coordinator at the National Museum of Australia.

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