Cultural memory for psychosocial well-being in historic urban landscapes: An existing but a neglected dimension

One of our deepest needs as humans for achieving well-being is the sense of identity and belonging to our landscapes. These landscapes are more than what we see with our eyes, they are also what we interpret with our minds and what we value for intangible emotional reasons. They are considered to be...

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Main Authors: Hussein, Fatma, Stephens, John, Tiwari, Reena
Other Authors: Suda, Zeynep
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: DAKAM (Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Center) 2019
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Online Access:https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/bac820_272dadc4d95f447aa44a0e2c1fc84c21.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76316
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Stephens, John
Tiwari, Reena
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Tiwari, Reena
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description One of our deepest needs as humans for achieving well-being is the sense of identity and belonging to our landscapes. These landscapes are more than what we see with our eyes, they are also what we interpret with our minds and what we value for intangible emotional reasons. They are considered to be the richest live records of our memories. Landscapes, are places that contribute greatly to the creation and retention of cultural memories. Cultural memory is a collective memory and is defined as “group of forms and media of cultural mnemonics through which the groups and cultures are creating their collective identity and the orientation within the era” (Isidora, 2015). It is a type of “Nationalist memory” so, when a collective or a cultural memory is valued, it is actually the identity of the place which has been valued, which enhances the people’s attachment to it. In this context this paper is a review on Cultural memory, Historic urban landscapes and well-being. The aim of the paper is to shed light on the existing relations between these three terms and how they could work together to reach psychosocial well-being and quality of life.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-763162019-09-19T06:13:55Z Cultural memory for psychosocial well-being in historic urban landscapes: An existing but a neglected dimension Hussein, Fatma Stephens, John Tiwari, Reena Suda, Zeynep Cultural memory; Historic Urban landscapes (HUL); psychosocial well-being and Sense of place. One of our deepest needs as humans for achieving well-being is the sense of identity and belonging to our landscapes. These landscapes are more than what we see with our eyes, they are also what we interpret with our minds and what we value for intangible emotional reasons. They are considered to be the richest live records of our memories. Landscapes, are places that contribute greatly to the creation and retention of cultural memories. Cultural memory is a collective memory and is defined as “group of forms and media of cultural mnemonics through which the groups and cultures are creating their collective identity and the orientation within the era” (Isidora, 2015). It is a type of “Nationalist memory” so, when a collective or a cultural memory is valued, it is actually the identity of the place which has been valued, which enhances the people’s attachment to it. In this context this paper is a review on Cultural memory, Historic urban landscapes and well-being. The aim of the paper is to shed light on the existing relations between these three terms and how they could work together to reach psychosocial well-being and quality of life. 2019 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76316 English https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/bac820_272dadc4d95f447aa44a0e2c1fc84c21.pdf https://www.dakam.org/ijssis http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ DAKAM (Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Center) fulltext
spellingShingle Cultural memory; Historic Urban landscapes (HUL); psychosocial well-being and Sense of place.
Hussein, Fatma
Stephens, John
Tiwari, Reena
Cultural memory for psychosocial well-being in historic urban landscapes: An existing but a neglected dimension
title Cultural memory for psychosocial well-being in historic urban landscapes: An existing but a neglected dimension
title_full Cultural memory for psychosocial well-being in historic urban landscapes: An existing but a neglected dimension
title_fullStr Cultural memory for psychosocial well-being in historic urban landscapes: An existing but a neglected dimension
title_full_unstemmed Cultural memory for psychosocial well-being in historic urban landscapes: An existing but a neglected dimension
title_short Cultural memory for psychosocial well-being in historic urban landscapes: An existing but a neglected dimension
title_sort cultural memory for psychosocial well-being in historic urban landscapes: an existing but a neglected dimension
topic Cultural memory; Historic Urban landscapes (HUL); psychosocial well-being and Sense of place.
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https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/bac820_272dadc4d95f447aa44a0e2c1fc84c21.pdf
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/76316