Anthropology: Setha Low, “Symbolic Ties that Bind: Place Attachments in the Plaza” (2)
“Place attachment is the symbolic relationship formed by people giving culturally shared
emotional/affective meanings to a particular space of piece of land that provides the basis for the
individual’s and group’s understanding of and relation to the environment.... Thus, place
attachment is more than an emotional and cognitive experience, and includes cultural beliefs and
practices that link people to place.”