Landscape perception from the cultural ecology perspective can help us understand what urban natural landscapes mean to people from different cultures, and how they make sense of place through landscape experience. While there are key anthropological studies on culture and environment, there is not extensive literature about how post-war and more recent immigrants appropriate, use and perceive natural environments? And do migrants' culture and experience of nature in their previous places of dwelling affect their perception and experience in a new landscape? In a global world conditioned by mobility, it may be important to understand the factors that affect immigrants' perception of place and the phenomenon of the sense of belonging as mediated by their approach to nature. This paper explores the experience of migration in relation to urban natural landscapes, and studies the role of natural environments in their place making and identity.
History
Event
Cultural Ecology. Symposium (2012 : Geelong, Victoria)
Pagination
46 - 53
Publisher
School of Architecture + Built Environment, Deakin University
Location
Geelong, Victoria
Place of publication
Geelong, Vic.
Start date
2012-10-23
End date
2012-10-24
Language
eng
Publication classification
E1 Full written paper - refereed; E Conference publication
Editor/Contributor(s)
M Lozanovska
Title of proceedings
Cultural ecology : new approaches to culture, architecture and ecology