Home as a Region

Home as a Region

This essay explores the processes by which place becomes home and examines the characteristics of a home region that distinguish it from other types of regions. In contemporary Western society, weakening human identification with place and with social groups seems to be reducing home to a mere accum...

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Published in:Geographical review 1995-07, Vol.85 (3), p.324-334
Main Author: Terkenli, Theano S.
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Analysis
Bgi / Prodig
Cultural identity
Dialectic
Epistemology. Concepts
Geographic regions
Geography
Home
Homes
Human geography
Landscapes
Lifeworld
Regional dialects
Regional identity
Regions
Social networks
Theoretical geography
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Summary:This essay explores the processes by which place becomes home and examines the characteristics of a home region that distinguish it from other types of regions. In contemporary Western society, weakening human identification with place and with social groups seems to be reducing home to a mere accumulation of habits that are elaborations on modern or postmodern lifestyles. A home region is a system of interlinked patterns of habitual association and attachment. However, realization that the world is increasingly interconnected and interdependent may produce the backlash of a return to home contexts that are most familiar and intimate. Intense affection for home points to a dialectical relationship between the extent of personal or collective homes and attachment to them.
ISSN:0016-7428
1931-0846