Chapter 4: Working with Place - Tim Creswell (p.81-123)

ch.2 - history + human geography

ch.3 - place + nature + globalization

ch.4 - how concept is utilized in research (creation of meaning in place and moral geographies based on creation)

Chapter 4 summarizes the way we identify a place. It begins with the "production of place." The creation of a place is generalized through everyday activities. Creswell divides the research aspect of a place into four different categories - (moblie and globalized world, memory, place-identities, and larger scales of the region - pg. 82). 

First, in the mobile and globalized world, Creswell takes us back to the notion of a place being home (Tuan). The idea of "home" tells us that a place can be created based on one's unique analysis  and his or relation to the place. The experience that one holds carries different meaning from another of a particular place (the experience maybe based on the idea of 'cultural ecology'). 

Creswell continues to explain place based on memory of a place. Memories begin to form through a place and its production. The way an individual perceives (in terms of ways of knowing - through sight, sound, smell...etc of the place -pg.85) the place will be different from another because their dislikes and likes would not be the same. Thus, everyone's experience would also be different, which will establish different perspectives of a place.

(It was interesting to see how the place of the nazi concentration camp was mentioned. I did not quite understand the whole passage and its relation to place. So far, this whole book discussed regarding different experiences that people have at a particular place. This example was perfect in comparing the two complete opposite views of a place. The nazi officials who held the camp, and the jewish people who were involved. Both groups used same place, however, one experienced order and the other experienced chaos. Clearly, people who were involved in this nazi concentration camp would recall their memories to define the place.