The Next Fifty Years
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The concepts of person,
cultural landscape, and
institution are brought together in the comment by Dr. Farquhar, President
of Carleton University (1992):
"We are a relatively young place...". This type of conceptual fusion is
often repeated, as
"we are a size... with a strong sense of community...", suggesting
further evidence of the
links between people and place.
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Concern for these relationships exists on two
primary levels.
First, this place is part of our day-to-day environment which helps
to mould us
even as we help mould it. We are concerned because to some degree
we and this
place are part of a larger whole. Second, studying and
understanding these
relationships within an academic framework helps students,
professors and
other staff who might seck to improve the physical environment.
On this
second level of concern, people-place relationships come into
focus.