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America's Geoheritage II: Identifying, Developing, and Preserving America's Natural Legacy Proceedings of a Workshop (2021) / Chapter Skim
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7 Culture and Sense of Place
Pages 29-32

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... It is not only the physical location but the emotional attachments that people have." A SENSE OF PLACE Beyond the scientific, educational, and economic values connected with geoheritage is a less tangible but powerful value articulated by Steven Semken, Arizona State University: a sense of place. He defined place as real or imagined and as "any locality we imbue with meaning based on individual or collective experience." A place can have myriad meanings associated with it, as he illustrated with the Grand Canyon (see Box 5)
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From page 30...
... As examples, he referred to Native American scholars Gregory Cajete, Daniel Wildcat, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Dominique DavidChavez, Darryl Reano, Ángel García, Karletta Chief, and Wendy Smythe, and to the Geoscience Alliance. 1 Workshop participants also discussed populations who have had less access to geoheritage.
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... 2 The Global Sustainable Tourism Criteria and Inclusive Tourism movement also have guidelines relevant to accessibility in visiting geoheritage sites. A series of guiding questions to accommodate people with disabilities has been proposed by Scott Rains, an adventure traveler who uses a wheelchair.
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... Other strongly felt meanings relate to human history, educational opportunities, and recreation. Perhaps not surprisingly considering these multiple meanings, Semken noted it has also been a place of dispute in how to manage resources.
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Key Terms

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  • cultural landscapes

  • participation focus
  • empowering participation
  • indigenous authors
  • indigenous geoscience
  • indigenous scientists

  • indigenous people
  • visiting geoheritage
  • indigenous communities
  • active indigenous
  • daniel wildcat

  • petrified forest
  • sustainable tourism
  • basic sense
  • global sustainable
  • community college

  • disseminating recommendations
  • commonly seen
  • kehrwald reported
  • recreation programs
  • adaptive recreation

  • common field
  • reciprocally engage
  • people trying
  • illinois valley
  • direct observation


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