Probing the sense of place.

O'Neill, Shaleph; McCall, Roderick; Smyth, Michael; Benyon, David

Abstract

This paper describes the application and results of
two studies using a qualitative tool designed to examine
sense of place in relation to presence research in the
BENOGO project. The ‘place probe’ incorporates a
range of techniques aimed at articulating a person’s
sense of place, these include: verbal descriptions; sketch
maps; salient features; semantic differentials and six
words that best describe the experience of being in a
place. The paper will describe the application of the
probe in both a physical place and a virtual
representation of that place. The Analysis of the results
reveals a similarity of reported experience in both
places, but that the extremes experienced in the physical
place were more flattened in the virtual representation

Citation

O'Neill, S., McCall, R., Smyth, M., & Benyon, D. (2004, October). Probing the sense of place. Presented at 7th Annual International Workshop on Presence, Valencia, Spain

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 7th Annual International Workshop on Presence
• Start Date: Oct 13, 2004
• End Date: Oct 15, 2004
• Publication Date: 2004-10
• Deposit Date: May 7, 2010
• Publicly Available Date: May 7, 2010
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Book Title: Presence 2004
• ISBN: 84-9705-649-3
• Keywords: Presence; Place; Probes; Subjective measures; Empirical studies of place
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/3367
• Additional Information: The authors would like to thank all members of the BENOGO project for their input and co-operation with the studies mentioned in this paper.; http://www.benogo.dk
• Contract Date: May 7, 2010