Place Attachment - Defining Place Attachment in Long-term Residents
Author
Christensen, Anna Emilie Sander
Term
4. term
Education
Publication year
2020
Submitted on
2020-05-29
Abstract
Dette speciale undersøger, hvordan stedstilknytning dannes blandt langtidsbeboere i et naturrigt landområde. Forskningsspørgsmålet lyder: Hvordan formes stedstilknytning hos langtidsbeboere på landet? Tre beboere – et ældre ægtepar i slutningen af 80'erne og en kvinde i midten af 50'erne – deltog i to semistrukturerede foto-eliciteringsinterviews baseret på deltagerproducerede og -udvalgte fotografier; interviewguiden blev anvendt fleksibelt. Data blev kategoriseret og analyseret med en fortolkende fænomenologisk tilgang. På tværs af interviewene fremstod tre hovedtemaer: fællesskab, temporalitet og kropslighed; derudover opstod temaet at bo på landet i ét interview. De tidslige og kropslige erfaringer var tæt knyttet til sted og blev bearbejdet affektivt, kognitivt og adfærdsmæssigt. Fundene indgår i en model for stedstilknytning, hvor individ, psykologiske processer og sted udgør tre hovedelementer, som kan variere i betydning efter person og kontekst. Specialet drøfter modellens anvendelser og studiets begrænsninger og peger på behov for videre studier af andre beboertyper, steder, gruppestørrelser og omstændigheder som fx tidligere traumer eller pandemier.
This thesis investigates how place attachment is formed among long-term residents in a nature-rich rural context. The research question asks: How is place attachment formed in long-term countryside-based residents? Three residents—an elderly couple in their late 80s and a woman in her mid-50s—took part in two semi-structured photo-elicitation interviews using participant-produced and selected photographs; the interview guide was applied flexibly. Data were categorized and analyzed using an interpretative phenomenological approach. Across interviews, three core themes recurred: community, temporality, and embodiment; an additional theme, living in the countryside, appeared in one interview. Temporal and embodied experiences were closely tied to place and were processed affectively, cognitively, and behaviorally. These insights inform a model of place attachment comprising three interacting elements—individual, psychological processes, and place—in which their relative importance can vary by person and context. The thesis discusses potential uses of the model and study limitations, and points to future research on other resident types, settings, group scales, and circumstances such as past trauma or pandemics.
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