ABSTRACT
What are we to understand by the term ‘sense of place’, and how can it be helpful in the context of cultural heritage practices? How can we measure or capture sense of place, and should we even try? And what happens when strongly-held and personal views come into conflict, either with each other or with those of authority? Our sense of place project, culminating now in this edited collection of ideas, examples, conversations and suggestions, will explore these and other questions through a series of applications in which sense of place is a central concern. In this introduction we describe some of the underlying principles, setting the scene for the more detailed contributions that follow.
