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Can we reimagine Eden as a place, or is it forever subdivided?

This is the ninth and final instalment of my ‘sense of place’ series. Today, I reflect on the themes that I have covered during the series. I wonder: what would…

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Understanding colonial vs Indigenous conceptions of ‘place’ (Article #8 in the ‘Sense of Place’ series)

Left: Google Maps identifies the house from ‘Kath and Kim’ as a cultural landmark. Searching Google Maps for Indigenous Cultural Landmarks yields almost nothing. Right: Efforts to protect sacred birthing…

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Opportunities to connect ‘Sense of Place’ and Liveability research (Article #6 in the ‘Sense of Place’ Series)

Prof Trevor Hancock's Healthy City Model (1993): A vanguard of Liveability[1] In this article I discuss some of the impacts of the WHO Healthy Cities program, launched in 1986, in…

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‘Sense of place’: A term requiring stronger policy definition (Sense of Place article #4)

Image credits: (Above). ‘Care for Country’ by Maggie-Jean Douglas - a Gubbi Gubbi artist from South East Queensland. The 2021 National NAIDOC Poster incorporating the Aboriginal Flag (licensed by WAM…

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Wherever we are on this planet, we are always ‘somewhere’ — even during COVID. (‘Sense of Place’ article #2)

The COVID pandemic has brought into sharp relief humans’ complicated relationships with place and space. ‘Lockdown’ has separated many of us from the places and homes where we normally freely…

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