The Lure of the Local: Sense of Place in a Multicentered Society
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The Lure of the Local: Sense of Place in a Multicentered Society is a 1997 study of the sense of place
, by American author and 1968 Guggenheim Fellowship
winner Lucy Lippard
. The phrase, coined by Lippard, in this study refers to a sense of place that an individual can have about where he lives, or where he lived in his childhood.
Sense of place
The term sense of place has been defined and used in many different ways by many different people. To some, it is a characteristic that some geographic places have and some do not, while to others it is a feeling or perception held by people...
, by American author and 1968 Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowship
Guggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
winner Lucy Lippard
Lucy R. Lippard
Lucy Lippard is an internationally known writer, activist and curator from the United States. Lippard was among the first writers to recognize the de-materialization at work in conceptual art and was an early champion of feminist art...
. The phrase, coined by Lippard, in this study refers to a sense of place that an individual can have about where he lives, or where he lived in his childhood.