Making Sense of Place: Exploring the concepts and expressions of place though different senses and l

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Making Sense of Place is a book of selected proceedings from the Senses of Place conference held in Hobart in 2006. Printed in colour with an accompanying DVD, it explores place from myriad perspectives and through evocative encounters. The Barrier Reef is experienced through the sense of touch, Lake Mungo is encountered through sound and listening, and light is shed on the meaning of place for deaf people. Case studies include the Maze prison, Inuit hunting grounds, and the songlines of the Anangu people. Iconic landscapes, lookouts, gardens, grieving places, the car place all provide contexts for experiencing and understanding place.

Frank Vanclay is a professor of rural sociology at the Tasmanian Institute of Agricultural Research at the University of Tasmania in Hobart. Matthew Higgins has worked as a senior curator at the National Museum of Australia since 2004 and has worked professionally as a historian for the past 25 years. Adam Blackshaw is a public programs coordinator at the National Museum of Australia.