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Vol. 7:1 (2021) ► pp.86–115

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Memories and semiotic resources in place-making

A case study in the Old Quarter in Hanoi, Vietnam

ORCiD logo with link | La Trobe University
Published online: 20 January 2021
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ll.19005.pha
Abstract
This paper explores how semiotic resources are used to build individuals’ place-making during a walk around the Old Quarter in Hanoi, Vietnam. Using Lefebvre, H. (1991). The production of space (D. Nicholson-Smith, Trans.). Oxford: Blackwell. (Original work published 1974).Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar spatial triad as the perceived, the lived and the conceived, the paper uses a case study of a local participant and myself to consider how our differing perspectives affect place-making. I show how the local resident makes meaning using perceived resources in the here-and-now as backdrops for the lived, presented via his recounting of memories of activity spaces. I then contrast how these memories differ from the researcher’s place-making, where the conceived affects how I perceive the significance of visual resources on signs in the here-and-now. The study shows the value of Lefebvre, H. (1991). The production of space (D. Nicholson-Smith, Trans.). Oxford: Blackwell. (Original work published 1974).Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar triad for explaining the conflicting generalisations researchers have made about the nature of what is seen in the linguistic landscape or about the roles played by linguistic landscape in defining place.
Tóm tắt
Bài báo này nghiên cứu cách các nguồn biểu đạt nghĩa được các cá nhân sử dụng để biểu đạt nghĩa về nơi chốn trong một cuộc đi dạo quanh khu Phố Cổ ở Hà Nội, Việt Nam. Sử dụng bộ ba không gian của Lefebvre, H. (1991). The production of space (D. Nicholson-Smith, Trans.). Oxford: Blackwell. (Original work published 1974).Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar là cảm nhận, trải nghiệm và lĩnh hội, bài báo sử dụng nghiên cứu tình huống nhằm xem xét cách các quan điểm khác nhau của một cư dân địa phương và của người nghiên cứu ảnh hưởng đến việc biểu đạt nghĩa về nơi chốn như thế nào. Nghiên cứu cho thấy cư dân địa phương này biểu đạt nghĩa về nơi chốn bằng cách cảm nhận các nguồn biểu đạt nghĩa và dùng các nguồn biểu đạt này làm phông nền cho các nguồn biểu đạt nghĩa bằng trải nghiệm. Nguồn biểu đạt nghĩa bằng trải nghiệm được anh ta trình bày thông qua việc kể lại những ký ức về các không gian sinh hoạt. Đồng thời, nghiên cứu đối chiếu những ký ức này với cách biểu đạt nghĩa của người nghiên cứu, khi cách tôi lĩnh hội kiến thức ảnh hưởng đến cách tôi cảm nhận về tầm quan trọng của các nguồn trực quan trên các bảng biểu ở thời điểm nghiên cứu. Nghiên cứu này cho thấy giá trị bộ ba không gian của Lefebvre, H. (1991). The production of space (D. Nicholson-Smith, Trans.). Oxford: Blackwell. (Original work published 1974).Google Scholar logo with link to Google Scholar trong việc giải thích những khái quát trái ngược mà các nhà nghiên cứu đã đưa ra về bản chất của những gì được nhìn thấy trong cảnh quan ngôn ngữ hoặc về vai trò của cảnh quan ngôn ngữ trong việc biểu đạt nghĩa về nơi chốn.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Place-making in LL research
  • 3.Theoretical framework: The conceptual triad by Lefebvre (1991)
  • 4.Methodology
    • 4.1The research setting
    • 4.2Research participants
    • 4.3Data collection
    • 4.4Data analysis
  • 5.Findings
    • 5.1Mapping Khanh’s walk
    • 5.2Talk associated with personal attachment
    • 5.3Talk not associated with personal attachment
  • 6.Discussion & conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • References
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