By combining research with Indigenous knowledge, this unique book shows how our 'sense of place' shapes identity, belonging, health, and community. It explores how reconnecting people with place can help humanity face today's greatest challenges: from climate change and urban alienation to cultural dislocation and decolonisation. Across 16 chapters, experts in psychology, Indigenous studies, law, and urban planning present rich global case studies from Indigenous Australian concepts of Country and rebuilding tautahi Christchurch, to Iranian migrant experiences in Melbourne and young people's influence on neighbourhood development in Nashville. These stories highlight how Indigenous governance, urban design, public health, and community psychology can work together to foster more inclusive and sustainable futures. Written in accessible language, this edited volume is for readers who care about community, environment, and justice. It will resonate with students, researchers, policymakers, and anyone seeking hope and practical pathways for rebuilding humanplace relationships in the Anthropocene.
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Using Indigenous worldviews, psychology, and planning, we explore our 'sense of place' to address climate, liveability, healing and justice.
Introduction: psychological conceptions of place: opportunities for
rebuilding our place in a post-colonial world Iain Butterworth; Part I.
Conceptual Frameworks and Worldviews:
1. Issues and opportunities for
defining and measuring 'the psychology of place' Iain Butterworth;
2. 'We can
no more own the land we walk on than the air we breathe': indigenous
conceptions of place Uncle Ray Woods, Donna Murray, Letetia Harris, Alison
Vivian and Michael Halloran; Part II. Examples, Issues and Opportunities for
Policy and Practice:
3. Climate change as a disrupter of sense of place Dan
Guttman, Janet Stanley and Iain Butterworth;
4. The application and
assessment of regional and rural liveability Melanie Davern, Leila Farahani
and Rebecca Roberts;
5. Neighbourhood connections of Iranian migrants in
Melbourne, Australia Somaieh Ebrahimi , Liz Taylor, and Iain Butterworth;
6.
Ellenbrook New Town 19932023: reconnecting people to place via traditional
neighbourhood design Mike Day and Iain Butterworth;
7. Sense of place among
young people in Nashville, Tennessee Megan L. McCormick, Shayda Azamian,
Kathryn Y. Morgan, Kayla M. Anderson, Melody Gibson and Brian D. Christens;
8. Sense of place and liveability: community cognitions, attachment and
social action Douglas D. Perkins, Iain Butterworth and Nikolay L. Mihaylov;
9. Creating healthy places and neighbourhoods: the role of public
policymaking Carmel Williams, Nicole Valentine, Yonatal Tefera, Nadia Wei Ee
Lai and Mija Coad;
10. Our place our journey: How we worked to assist in
rebuilding a broken city to establish a place for all people to thrive Anna
Stevenson, Debbie Tikao and Karen Banwell; Part III. Building Bridges:
11.
Indigenous nation-building: bridging the gaps between policy implementation
and connection to Country Mandy Gadsdon, James Butterworth, Alison Vivian,
Michael Halloran and Iain Butterworth;
12. Indigenous knowledge systems as
keys to rebuilding humans' relationships to place and planet Michael Donovan;
13. The architecture of belonging: finding the pulse of a precinct Sarah Lynn
Rees, Dan Honey, Leigh Carmichael, Iain Butterworth, Michael Frazzetto and
Julia Haselhorst;
14. The courage to heal: reflections on working as an ally
in planning with Country Michelle Howard; Part IV. Reflections:
15. Issues
and opportunities for reconciling Western and Indigenous conceptions of place
Iain Butterworth, Mandy Gadsdon and James Butterworth;
16. Afterword. Saving
a place for hope: how a posthuman approach can help us stay grounded during
rapid change Peter Streker.
Trained in community psychology, Iain M. Butterworth has spent thirty years connecting planners, policymakers, researchers and citizens to build healthier communities. A Fulbright Scholar, he works across governments, universities, and N.G.Os to establish applicable research findings on planning and liveability.
