Final Sense of Place

       Sense of place is differently for every individual but according to social scientist there are five definitions from five different fields. One is Anthropology which is when people share emotional effective meanings to a particular place.The second is Environmental psychology where a person feels a particular experience like feeling excited and happy. The third is Geography is when the person loves a certain aspect of the place. The fourth is Landscape Architecture/History is the result of habit and custom. Lastly is Sociology according to David Hummon "personal orientation toward place, in which ones’ understanding of place and one’s feelings about place become fused in the context of environmental meaning". Overall I decided to show the difference types of ways people might feel why a certain place is their sense of place. It can either be because of history of the place, the way it makes you feel, the particular aspect that are beautiful about the place, the environment or the meaning the place.

          In the town of Salem my sense of place will be the environment. For example I loved the parks that I went to it was very beautiful and relaxing. That is what is more important to me when talking about sense of place. Being in a tranquility environment and being able to enjoy every second of it is great and that is how I feel about Salem especially the parks. Also another sense of place will be the interacting with people and events. For example the farmers market there was many people there and it was all good vibes everyone seemed like they were having a good time and for me having a place will people get along is good for a sense of place.

This is one of my nature drawing for when I went to a park in Salem.

 

This is the farmers market

         At SSU campus a sense of place I felt towards it was that it was very welcomed and helpful. I live on campus so I was very nervous living somewhere else but once the campus started doing activities I was feeling better because you get to meet new people. Also I got a job in campus so I also met new people who are nice. It was also helpful in a way that they have many places like first year office, academic excellence or writing center, advisers, mentors who really help students and it is very good. Many college students especially students who are first generation to go to college who barely know anything about college can get any type of help for them to have a good experience in college and have everything set.

                                        


        When I started college in September I was very nervous being the first of my generation and being an undeclared student. But after talking to friends, family and teachers they help me notice that it is okay to not have a major because I have a chance to explore around and then after decide what I want to do. Those type of advises really help me stay motivated and focus on my classes. Right now I am finishing up my first fall semester and very determine about what I want to do in the future. After going to activities in campus, having a job and exploring around, really helped me as a student to decide what to do in the future. In the future I hope to be a nurse and will be living in a sense of place that I picture as a relax place where is very welcome to diverse people and where the community does many activities for the people to interact etc.
                                                  
   






                                                                           Cite
    By Jennifer E. Cross What is sense of place
http://western.edu/sites/default/files/documents/cross_headwatersXII.pdf