In counter-response to the homogenization of global development, a growing voice today is calling for the rediscovery of place and the value it contributes to our quality of life and livelihood. It is a call to rediscover what it means to be a native of place, to develop roots and community in the midst of a rapidly changing world. To regenerate this connection to place, however, requires more than just good architecture and community planning. It requires, first and foremost, a metanoia (i.e. a change of mind) in how we as a culture view place, what it’s inherent value and role (economically, socially, culturally, and ecologically) is in the world, and what our ethical role as humans is in co-creating and evolving with the places in which ...
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