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Urban, Community and Regional Planning

University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Identity

2011

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Rooted In Place: The Role Of Design In Small Town Identity, Todd Owen Sparks Aug 2011

Rooted In Place: The Role Of Design In Small Town Identity, Todd Owen Sparks

Masters Theses

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Longstanding critical theories on place, memory, and identity can begin to address critical questions that residents, civic leaders, and designers are currently facing in twenty-first century small town America. The rapidity with which many rural communities are now transforming is unlike any previous phase of transition; due in large part to a vastly expanding globalized economy and mass culture. Anonymous, exchangeable environments are quickly becoming a standard …