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Individualism and mobility are at the core of American identity

Individualism and mobility are at the core of American identity

Deborah Tall
Identity, Mobility, Individualism
Deborah Tall (1993). “From where We Stand: Recovering a Sense of Place”

I read the landscape to help me through, to know what's come before me there, to find my footing in time.

Deborah Tall
Identity, Landscape, Helping
Deborah Tall (1993). “From where We Stand: Recovering a Sense of Place”

The extent and condition of our property, and our choice of style in dwelling, create a powerful emblem of our identity and status.

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Powerful, Dwelling, Choices
Deborah Tall (2016). “From Where We Stand: Recovering a Sense of Place”, p.77, Syracuse University Press

In choosing where to live or vacation, we may be setting the stage for the play of ourselves, treating nature as prop.

Deborah Tall
Nature, Vacation, Play
Deborah Tall (1993). “From where We Stand: Recovering a Sense of Place”

We are so habitually nostalgic by now that we anticipate looking back in the midst of enjoyment, look forward to watching the videos we're taking of our children even as we make them.

Deborah Tall
Children, Video, Looks
Deborah Tall (2016). “From Where We Stand: Recovering a Sense of Place”, p.99, Syracuse University Press

How do we accurately evoke land we love? What should we even call the world we walk and drive through-scenery, landscape?

Deborah Tall
Land, World, Evoke
Deborah Tall (2016). “From Where We Stand: Recovering a Sense of Place”, p.6, Syracuse University Press

Home is where we know - and are known - through accumulated experience.

Deborah Tall
Home, Knows, Known
Deborah Tall (2016). “From Where We Stand: Recovering a Sense of Place”, p.74, Syracuse University Press

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