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The Primacy of Interrelating: Practicing Ecological Psychology with Buber, Levinas, and Merleau-Ponty.
Adams, Will W.. 2007

A Pattern Language.
Alexander, Christopher.

Terrapsychology: Re-engaging the Soul of Place.
Chalquist, Craig. Ph.D., 2007

Places and States of Mind for Healing.
Hild, Carl M. 2007

The Power of Place: A Reflective Essay
Jones, Michael. 2008

Group Magic: An Inquiry Into Experiences of Collective Resonance.
Levi, Renee A.. Ph.D., 2003

Regenerative Urban Planning: A Comparative Case Study of Successful Socio-Ecological Regeneration Initiatives and the Developmental Processes of Their Leadership Teams.
Mang, Nicholas Stephen. Doctoral Dissertation. 2009.
(download pdf 1.8M)

The Rediscovery of Place
Mang, Nicholas Sephen.
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The Pedagogy of Place. Rohwedder, Rocky. Ph.D.

 

karl blossfeldt This listing of research studies from the Powers of Place Initiative explores various arenas of the relationship between people and place.

These studies, along with the other key articles and papers gathered here were specially selected for their alignment with the mission of the Powers of Place Initiative.

The materials come from a variety of disciplines and professions, orientations and intentions, but what they share is a commitment to collective thought and action centered in place.

The following papers are studies undertaken by the Powers of Place Initiative, and the material in the left column comes from aligned authors and/or projects. We hope you will find them all enjoyable and edifying.

The Powers of Place: An Inquiry into the Influence of Place, Space and Environment on Collective Transformation. Renee Levi, Ph.D. 2008
This study includes a review of literature in a variety of academic disciplines - aesthetics, psychology, education, anthropology, philosophy, neuro-science and psycho-physiology, and scoiology, among others - in which place is a factor.

Proposed Essential Patterns of Place: Influential as Enablers of Collective Transformational Experience, a draft by Sheryl Erickson and Tom Callanan