Module 3 - Occupation and places Flashcards
physical surroundings
natural places or built environment
characteristics of space
- natural or built
- public or private
- indoor or outdoor
- open or confined
life world
describes experiences, routine patterns & interactions of daily life and the meaning given to spaces occupied
embodied world
individuals employ their own characteristics, dispositions and attributes to shape and interpret the places they occupy, including the people or objects they interact with
habitus
the unconscious patterns of doing, thinking, speaking and perceiving that people exhibit - basic to the shared meaning within places
dimensions of place
- physical
- natural
- location
- distance between places
- objects
- affordances
- environmental press
- socially constructed meaning
affordance
particular arrangement of objects in the environment and estimate of actions allowed by an object
environmental press
traditions associated with behavioural expectations in places e.g. church
socially constructed meaning
places become associated with events and actions that give them personal and collective meaning
semiotics
study of anything in social life that stands for something else
physical insideness
physically entwined with place
social insaneness
people feel part of community through social relationships and exchanges
autobiographical insiders
ways in which places and place qualities come together into an environmental mosaic, relating to and marking ones personal and community history in relationship to those places
involuntary displacement
forced to move or relocate
ergonomics
science of human factors and environments that influence task performance in work setting
