How do places affect identity, and how can we see identities in places?

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How do places affect identity, and how can we
see identities in places?
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What is Identity?

• Identity is how we make sense of ourselves and
  how people see themselves and different scales

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What is a sense of place?

• A sense of place is a state of mind derived
  through the infusion of a place with the meaning
  an emotion by remembering important events that
  occurred in that place or by labeling a place
  with a certain character.

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Identities

• People define themselves through places and
  develop a sense of place based on their memories
  and experiences. Both identities and a sense of
  place change as a person changes.

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Identities

• People who share the same culture share similar
  identities

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Identities

• A group of Italian people living in America
  define themselves as Italian Americans because
  their culture is Italian but they reside in
  America and also practice American culture

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What is gendered?

• Gendered places are designed for either men or
  women