Open AccessThe Level of Knowledge About the University Building Among the Academic Community in the Context of Place Attachment
Author(s) -
Witold Warcholik
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of preschool and elementary school education/multidisciplinary journal of school education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2543-7585
pISSN - 2084-7998
DOI - 10.35765/mjse.2021.1020.07
Subject(s) - place attachment , context (archaeology) , academic community , identification (biology) , knowledge building , cognition , sociology , psychology , population , pedagogy , social psychology , social science , geography , botany , demography , archaeology , neuroscience , biology
This paper presents the issues of place and attachment to place. The aim of the article is to determine the level of knowledge among the academic community of the university building in which they study or work and its surrounding area, in the context of place attachment. The cognitive component – one of many aspects of identifying with a place – was examined. With limited knowledge about the building in which the study population spends time, calculated in months or years, it is difficult to determine place attachment, identification, or experience. The research method applied was a diagnostic survey, a questionnaire consisting of questions designed by the author. Both students and academics were surveyed. The results showed that students have limited knowledge of the building where they attend classes. The university building appears to be more of an anonymous non-place, without deeper symbolic or social meanings, than a place with which the academic community identifies itself.