Oriental Marco Polo Plaza Encounter: Choreographing Place and Placelessness from a Phenomenological Perspective

Gao, Huile; Zhou, Shangyi

doi:10.3390/su13116159

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“…The proliferation of shopping malls began in the US in the 1970s, where cities implemented downtown development projects through retail strategies, leading to the creation of pedestrian malls, festival marketplaces, indoor shopping centres, and mixed-use centres [1,7]. In the tourism context, this phenomenon leads to a homogenised appearance and potentially evokes similar emotions and experiences among tourists [8]. A notable example is all-inclusive hotels that have no connection to the authenticity and heritage of the location in which they are located [9].…”

Section: Introduction To Placelessnessmentioning

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Placeful Business: Reimagining a Small Business Concept That Embraces and Enriches Places

Taecharungroj

Prasertsakul

2023

Sustainability

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Globalisation, commercialisation, commodification, and mass communication have led to a loss of uniqueness and a cultural uniformity in places, known as “placelessness”. This study proposes a novel business concept called “placeful business” that addresses this issue. A placeful business incorporates local heritage, showcases unique architecture and aesthetics, engages with the community, and promotes place sustainability and identity. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 20 stakeholders, and a salience-valence analysis was performed on 874 online reviews from Google Maps, TripAdvisor, Booking.com, Agoda, and Hostelworld. This analysis aimed to reveal the key factors contributing to positive experiences and gain insights into the representation and manifestation of placeful characteristics. Through a mixed-method case study of Once Again Hostel in Bangkok, this research identified several salient attributes of the hostel that reinforce the characteristics of a placeful business and have a positive impact on the community. The authors also observed the interconnected and mutually reinforcing nature of placeful and successful factors. However, it was noted that guests’ perception and understanding of placeful characteristics remained limited. While the placeful business model has not yet gained widespread recognition in the business and academic domains, it offers practical implications for small businesses seeking to differentiate themselves in the global market by infusing their operations with a distinct sense of place. Furthermore, place managers can play a crucial role in promoting and fostering placeful business practices as a means to counteract the growing homogenization of places. The adoption of the placeful business model enables the continuous reinforcement of place identity, which, in turn, contributes to the long-term enhancement of place sustainability.

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Section: Introduction To Placelessnessmentioning

confidence: 99%

Placeful Business: Reimagining a Small Business Concept That Embraces and Enriches Places

Taecharungroj

Prasertsakul

2023

Sustainability

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AI-Based Environmental Color System in Achieving Sustainable Urban Development

Wang

Song

Zhou

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Confronting the age of artificial intelligence, exploring art through technology has become one of the directions of interdisciplinary development. Not only does artificial intelligence technology explore sustainability on a technical level; it can also take advantage of itself to focus on the visual perception of the living environment. People frequently interpret environmental features through their eyes, and the use of intuitive eye-tracking can provide effective data that can contribute to environmental sustainability in managing the environment and color planning to enhance the image of cities. This research investigates the visual responses of people viewing the historic city of Macau through an eye movement experiment to understand how the color characteristics of the physical environment are perceived. The research reveals that the buildings and plantings in the historic district of Macau are the most visible objects in the environment, while the smaller scale of St. Dominic’s Square, the Company of Jesus Square, and St. Augustine’s Square, which have a sense of spatial extension, have also become iconic environmental landscapes. This also draws visual attention and guides the direction of travel. The overall impressions of the Historic Centre of Macau, as expressed by the participants after the eye movement experiment, were mainly described as “multiculturalism”, “architectural style”, “traditional architecture”, “color scheme”, and “garden planting”. The 60 colors representing the urban color of Macau are then organized around these deep feelings about the environment. Therefore, for future inspiration, the 60 colors can be applied through design practice to create color expressions that fit the local characteristics, and thereby enhance the overall visual image of the city.

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Oriental Marco Polo Plaza Encounter: Choreographing Place and Placelessness from a Phenomenological Perspective

Cited by 2 publications

References 65 publications

Placeful Business: Reimagining a Small Business Concept That Embraces and Enriches Places

Placeful Business: Reimagining a Small Business Concept That Embraces and Enriches Places

AI-Based Environmental Color System in Achieving Sustainable Urban Development

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