"Over the next four months we will explore
together the intersection of place and identity. How are individual and
collective identities impacted by interactions with specific places (a bedroom,
a park bench) and the surrounding environment (an island, a slum, an alpine
village)? At first, our readings and class discussion will stem from personal
reflections of place and identity, both our own and through published memoirs.
We will then look at fictional representations of place and explore what
sociologists, philosophers, geographers and architects have to say about the
impact of place on individuals and community development. Is there a place you
care about? A place you avoid? What makes a space ugly, desolate, comforting or
restful? We will see what others have to say on the topic and, in the process,
discover what we have to say for ourselves."
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