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Abstract
Humanistic geography focuses on the relationship between humanity, land and nature, exploring the concept of "place" and furthermore, "place identity ". "Place identity " comes from the sense of belonging which accumulated by place identities through the process of giving its meaning from the emotion and memory toward a specific place by living the local culture life personally. In this thesis, we will discuss the relationship between the place identity and Po-I Chen's “Home: Records of the Hongmaogang Village Relocation (2006 ~ 2008)”, talking over relevant literature, place and identity, and place identity, etc., analyzing the background of Kaohsiung HongmaogangRelocation. This work reveals the artist's own concern toward the recognition and the affection toward the place, the residents' local identity toward their local life, and the reader’s conscious of recognition. We can then realize the psychological mechanism of "place identity". By digging out similar life experience from the same projection of emotional memory, people can construct their own self-identity and place identity, and then extend to the development and place identity of the island of Taiwan.
Keywords:Documentary photography, place identity, Po-I Chen, the Hongmaogang Village
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