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6 - Exploring Senses of Place Through Narratives of Tourism Growth and Place Change

The Case of the Faroe Islands

from Part II - Migration, Mobility and Belonging

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 July 2021

By
Christopher M. Raymond ,
Laura N. H. Verbrugge ,
Nora Fagerholm ,
Anton S. Olafsson ,
Eyðfinn Magnussen  and
Tobias Plieninger
Edited by
Christopher M. Raymond ,
Lynne C. Manzo ,
Daniel R. Williams ,
Andrés Di Masso  and
Timo von Wirth
Christopher M. Raymond
Affiliation:
University of Helsinki, Finland
Lynne C. Manzo
Affiliation:
University of Washington, Seattle
Daniel R. Williams
Affiliation:
USDA Forest Service, Colorado
Andrés Di Masso
Affiliation:
Universitat de Barcelona
Timo von Wirth
Affiliation:
Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam
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Summary

We explore the tensions and dynamic connections between the place narratives of Faroese residents and those of Tourism Faroe Islands. Our findings demonstrate the need to shift from sense to senses of place in order to accommodate the multiple narratives of people–place relations, which are embedded in different standpoints on mobility and place change. Residents and brokers adopt different senses of place in order to respond to social and ecological pressures wrought by mobility, and the potential economic benefits of tourism growth and development. Concurrently, important relations exist among place meanings, one’s understanding of system variability and behavioural responses. Thus, senses of place emerge as a result of dynamic and complex relationships between different types of narratives on place that are constantly unfolding in response to social-ecological change.

Keywords

Place meaningssocio-ecological systemsplace attachmentFaroe Islandscontestationplace narrativesbelongingtourismconservation
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Changing Senses of Place
Navigating Global Challenges
 , pp. 79 - 91
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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