Sense of Place and Belonging in Developing Culturally Appropriate Therapeutic Environments: A Review

Bruno Marques, Claire Freeman, Lynette Carter and Maibritt Pedersen Zari
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Bruno Marques: Wellington School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6012, New Zealand
Claire Freeman: School of Geography, University of Otago, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand
Lynette Carter: Te Tumu School of Māori, Pacific Island and Indigenous Studies, University of Otago, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand
Maibritt Pedersen Zari: Wellington School of Architecture, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington 6012, New Zealand

Societies, 2020, vol. 10, issue 4, 1-18

Abstract: The connection the M?ori, the Indigenous people of Aotearoa-New Zealand, have to the land is threatened by the effects of colonisation, urbanisation and other factors. In particular, many M?ori suffer significant health and wellbeing inequalities compared to the non-M?ori population. In an effort to reduce such inequalities, there is a growing consciousness of the need to better understand the cultural and place-specific determinants that affect the health and wellbeing of population groups in different environments. This article explores how environmental and cultural connections to land enable the development of place-specific and culturally-driven principles that promote the health and wellbeing of M?ori populations. It argues that concepts of place, belonging, landscape and wellbeing play an important role in linking environment and culture as well as in contributing to creating therapeutic spatial environments that promote both human health and ecosystems. A set of principles is developed that allows for the landscape design of such therapeutic environments while accommodating the socio-cultural and environmental values that promote health and wellbeing of both M?ori and non-M?ori people.

Keywords: place; belonging; culture; indigenous knowledge; therapeutic environments; landscape architecture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A13 A14 P P0 P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 Z1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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