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Mohammad RadfarDepartment of architecvture,
school of the built environment,northumbria university
Ident itya manifestation of place-makinga conceptual framework for region and place identity
HumanHabitation
Conference
r e g i o np l a c e
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the paper brings forward
Lack of appropriate concepts and analytical tools for theunderstanding and tackling of place and regional identity
as a development resource
An experience in conceptualising an analyticalframework for the study of place and regional identity
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introduction
(Re)affirmation of place & regional identity in the era of globalized economy and culture:
strongly voiced by geographers and other socialscientists and has gained a strategic importance inregional and local development policies in the world
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Social
Spatial
Symbolic
Meaning /perception
PLACEPhysical attributeActivities
dimensions of place
Place identity is inseparablefrom place
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regional and place identity
Regional identity : an unfixed mixture of individual andgroup loyalty and empathy for a region. It has a stronggeographical expression through a sense of place andbelonging, base on culture, language and history.
Place identity : a combination of individual image andattachment to place, history, economic life andgeography, what distinguishes from other places.
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ambiguity in terminology
place attachmentplace- identity
place identification
very difficult to separatediversity of approaches (theoretical and empirical)so many similar termsdifferent disciplines use them differentlyeven within the same field defined differently
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identity of a place is significantly different in nature fromthe place-identity of a person. The identity of a place is amore objective characteristic while the place-identity of a person is more subjective
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places are an essential source of identity, S trong place-identity derives from places loaded with symbols,meaning and significances
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place-identity is strongly related to power relations , andtherefore it can potentially be contested and changed byany power manipulations
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Identity is the interpretation, narrative and outcome of people s communications with their environment.
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Identity Social image Spatial imageP owermanipulationsusceptibility
Factualcommon understanding &
cultural involvement of people with their places
Inhabitants (place-identity, my
place )
Insider (placeidentity= sent image )
Low
Idealassociated withlegitimising
Outsider (regional-identity, theirregion )
Outsider (regionalidentity= receivedimage )
high
C o n c e p
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t i o n
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C o n c e p
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Regions are communicated and identified through theirlandscape, what distinguishes a regional image from others,are its spatial demarcations and natural symbols
contours continuity complexity unity
separate regions the extend of aregion
unique naturalqualities andlandscapediversity
all the commongrounds thatgives a regionsolidarity andentity
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Often the cultural commonalities and histories betweenthe countries in this region have been underestimatedand overshadowed by their major ideological differencesand political conflicts
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B andar Abbas
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B andar Abbas
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B andar Abbas
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m oha mm ad.radfar@northu m bria.ac.ukRoo m 201, Wynne Jones centre
School of the B uilt Environ m ent, Architecture Depart m entNorthu m bria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, NE1 8ST
Thank you