Creating a Sense of Place: The Vietnamese-Americans and Little Saigon

Mazumdar, Sanjoy; Mazumdar, Shampa; Docuyanan, Faye; Mclaughlin, Colette Marie

doi:10.1006/jevp.2000.0170

Cited by 121 publications

(108 citation statements)

References 18 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

102

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…According to Relph (1976:1) ''to be human is to live in a world that is filled with significant places.'' Scholars from anthropology, geography, sociology, and environmental psychology have looked at a variety of ''significant places'' such as, enclaves (Gans, 1962;Rivlin, 1982Rivlin, , 1987Abrahamson, 1996;Mazumdar & Mazumdar, 2000), plazas (Low, 1992), homes (Marcus, 1992;Mazumdar & Mazumdar, 1993, 1999, and compounds (Pellow, 1992), among others. From these studies we learn that ''significant places'' provide ''stability and security'' (Brown & Perkins, 1992), act as ''anchors'' (Marcus, 1992), and ''symbolic life line [s]'' (Hummon, 1989), and become ''fields of care'' (Relph, 1976).…”

Section: Religion Place Attachment and Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Religion and place attachment: A study of sacred places

Mazumdar

2004

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Self Cite

271

159

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this paper we claim that religion can play an important role in place attachment and present a conceptualization of it. We provide an understanding of the role of place in the experience of religious place attachment, describing in detail place, design, aesthetics, and special characteristics that facilitate devotion. Next, we describe how attachment to place is learned through the process of socialization involving rituals, use of artifacts, story telling, and place visits. We argue that there is an active socializing component to religious place attachment in addition to the experiential one. We conclude with a brief discussion integrating the complex issues of religion, place, identity, and attachment. r

show abstract

Section: Religion Place Attachment and Identitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Religion and place attachment: A study of sacred places

Mazumdar

2004

Journal of Environmental Psychology

Self Cite

271

159

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Heritage, however selective or distorted, can be effectively employed in urban design to provide new neighbourhoods with the "sense of place" they need (Ouf, 2001). Of course, as for example Mazumdar et al (2000) show, the built environment is just one of the factors for communities to PLACES FROM THE PAST LOST IN NEW TOWNS: HONG KONG'S OLD VILLAGES METU JFA Advance Online 3 feel rooted in a location and to construct a local identity with values and meanings attached to place (Kunzmann, 2000;Jivén and Larkham, 2003), and social capital may be even more important, but urban design which is respectful toward the past can help. We may then experience these places as authentic because history provides places of today with a spirit which attaches them to the continuum of time (Hayden, 1995).…”

Section: Literature On Contemporary Use Of Historic Placesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Places From The Past Lost In New Towns: Hong Kong’s Old Villages

Dijk¹,

Weitkamp²

2018

METU JFA

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…The process of migrating to a new country is often traumatic and can involve feelings of loss, separation and helplessness. Migrants therefore seek communal enclaves which can mitigate negative psychological impacts, provide alternative social structures, facilitate the preservation of cultural traditions and mediate interaction with the new host society (Mazumdar et al 2000). It can be argued that the physical concentration of migrants plays a positive role in fostering social cohesion (Peach 1996).…”

Section: Migration and Housing Patterns In Western Europementioning

confidence: 99%

Housing and Quality of Life for Migrant Communities in Western Europe: A Capabilities Approach

Coates¹,

Anand²,

Norris³

2013

JMHS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Executive SummaryHousing is an important determinant of quality of life and migrants are more likely to encounter poor quality housing than natives. This paper draws on the capabilities approach to welfare economics to examine how issues of housing and neighborhood conditions influence quality of life and opportunities for migrants in Western Europe. The analysis utilizes data from the second European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) to explore variation in life and housing satisfaction between migrants and nonmigrants (natives) in Western Europe and whether being a migrant and living in an ethnically diverse neighborhood contribute to lower satisfaction. The results show that migrants are more likely to experience lower levels of life and housing satisfaction and that living in a diverse neighborhood is negatively associated with life and housing satisfaction. While diverse, inner-city neighborhoods can increase opportunities for labor market access, social services and integration, the tendency towards clustered settlement by migrants can also compound housing inequality. Conversely, migrant homeowners are on average substantially more satisfied with the quality of public services and of their neighborhood and have lower material deprivation than both migrant and non-migrant renters. The findings draw attention to the need to address housing and neighborhood conditions in order to improve opportunities for integration and well-being. Journal on Migration and Human Security 164

show abstract

Creating a Sense of Place: The Vietnamese-Americans and Little Saigon

Cited by 121 publications

References 18 publications

Religion and place attachment: A study of sacred places

Religion and place attachment: A study of sacred places

Places From The Past Lost In New Towns: Hong Kong’s Old Villages

Housing and Quality of Life for Migrant Communities in Western Europe: A Capabilities Approach

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About