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A Place Not a Place

2006
Museums and libraries inspire us to cross the limits of routine thought, into experiences of reflection and possibility. Each of the essays in A Place Not a Place examines the ways these and other cultural institutions influence us and proposes ways to strengthen their role as advocates for critical thinking and inquiry.
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Places, Natural Places, and the Power of Place

2002
Abstract Motion is the most important type of change. Everything is somewhere, in some sense of ‘somewhere’. The most evident type of change of place is replacement: when one thing replaces another. All motion in nature is a case of replacement or displacement.
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Places for Children – Children’s Places

Childhood, 2004
In their everyday lives, children largely stay within and relate to three settings – their homes, schools and recreational institutions. These environments have been created by adults and designated by them as ‘places for children’. A more differentiated picture of children’s spatial culture emerges when children discuss and take photographs of ...
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Place and Non-place: A Phenomenological Perspective

2017
The distinction between place and non-place has occupied a critical role in both the philosophy of place and human geography for the last 20 years. In a distinction that stems from Marc Augé but is traceable to Edward Relph, “place” is thought as being relationally constructed, laden with meaning, and shaped by a broader history; home being emblematic ...
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Places for Leisure: Places for City

2009
Our current society reveres aesthetic and hedonistic values centred on pleasure and lightness. A sign of this is the rapid multiplication and success of games on offer, which permeates the classic leisure area and risks causing and spreading superficial attitudes and styles, disillusioned to the point of being passive, in social relations and the ...
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Place or Non-Place: A Comparative Appraisal on Place Theories

2014
Along with modernism 'space', one of the main interests of architecture, started to be handled as an empty, abstract and measurable notion. This approach also brought about many criticisms that mainly centered on the issues such as loss of meaning in space, dedifferentiation of space and estrangement from people-oriented space design.
Uzunkaya, Asli, Kerestecioglu, Funda, Koca, Senem Kaymaz   +2 more
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Place to Place:

2020
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Targeted Activation of Hippocampal Place Cells Drives Memory-Guided Spatial Behavior

Cell, 2020
Lucie A L Descamps, Lloyd E Russell, Brendan Bicknell   +2 more
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Place, Place Identity, and Place Attachment

2022
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For Place, Of Place A Framework for Place-led Architecture

<p><strong>This research explores the concept of ‘place’ as a fundamental generator for design in an urban setting, focusing on the southern Te Aro district in Wellington. The research identifies the issues of placeless architecture, emphasising its visual and functional disconnect from its surroundings and placelessness’s adverse effects ...
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