ABSTRACT

Over the past five decades, the methodological approaches used to understand peoples’ emotional ties to place have been incredibly diverse, employing both quantitative and qualitative techniques (Lewicka 2011). In recent years more ethnographic, participatory visual methods such as cognitive (mental) mapping, narrative mapping, and psychogeography are showing considerable promise in revealing peoples’ attachment to place. This article seeks to illustrate how mental mapping and walking interviews can be used as an effective tool in exposing peoples’ deep emotional connection to place. With a focus on a student-centered business district in Manhattan, Kansas, we demonstrate that Aggieville exemplifies all three types of emotional attachment: functional, territorial, and emotional. Students are functionally attached to Aggieville because it provides nearly all their foundational needs (e.g. food, clothing, housing, employment) enabling them to achieve their life goals. Students demonstrate territorial attachment because Aggieville is a space created by students for students and the accepted activities and behavior are intended for students only. Students have also established an emotional attachment to “The Ville” because it is an important place for them to socialize and bond with others.

摘要

在过去的五年中，用于理解人们与地方的情感联系的方法论方法多种多样，采用了定量和定性技术（Lewicka 2011）。近年来，更多的民族志、参与式视觉方法，如认知（心理）映射、叙事映射和心理地理学，在揭示人们对地方的依恋方面显示出相当大的前景。本文旨在说明如何将心理地图和步行访谈用作揭示人们与地方深层情感联系的有效工具。以堪萨斯州曼哈顿以学生为中心的商业区为重点，我们证明 Aggieville 体现了所有三种情感依恋类型：功能性、领土性和情感性。学生在功能上依附于 Aggieville，因为它提供了几乎所有他们的基本需求（例如食物、衣服、住房、就业），使他们能够实现他们的人生目标。学生表现出领土依恋，因为 Aggieville 是学生为学生创造的空间，可接受的活动和行为仅供学生使用。学生们还对“The Ville”建立了情感依恋，因为这是他们与他人交往和联系的重要场所。