PRECIOUS O.

ONGOCO

Instructor, Department of Geography College of Social Sciences and Philosophy University of the Philippines Diliman

REVIEW:
What

Place?

are the TWO TYPES of

SENSE OF PLACE
- feelings evoked among people as a result of the experiences and memories that they associate with a place with and the symbolism they attach to it

 Territoriality

Proxemics

The study of the social and cultural meanings that people give to personal space

Some Unwritten protocols on how to claim a space

1) through regular use
2) through use of spatial markers

Topophilia
love of place

Cause:

Effect:

LANDSCAPE

LANDSCAPE is a term that means different things to different people.

Representations of particular values or aspirations that the builders and financiers of those landscapes want to impart to the larger public.

DERELICT LANDSCAPE - Landscapes that have experienced abandonment, misuse, disinvestment, or vandalism

Ordinary Landscape also called as Vernacular Landscape

Text Landscape can be seen in written materials

Environment shapes and is shaped by people through different cultural identities and status categories.

Landscape is a reflection of our culture and our experiences.

The types of landscapes are ordinary, symbolic, power, derelict, and text. Landscape can also be a language through codes or signs that direct our attention to certain features (Semiotics). The emergence of the most recent phase of globalization has occurred in parallel with a transition from Modernism to Postmodernism.