1. Low and Altman laid a crucial theoretical foundation for the field of environmental psychology. This study systematically elucidated the core concept of “place attachment”—the deep-seated connection humans form with specific physical environments across three dimensions: emotional, cognitive, and practical. The authors profoundly revealed the transformation mechanism from abstract “space” to meaningful “place”: this shift …
Monthly Archives: October 2025
Blog#8
1. The article delves into the issue of cross-cultural adaptation among Chinese undergraduate students in American higher education environments, with particular focus on the dimension of academic adaptation. The study notes that despite the explosive growth in the number of Chinese international students over the past decade, there has been little scholarly effort to understand …
Blog#7 Reflecting
1. I feel the research progress has reached my initial expectations for the semester. The original goal was multisensory documentation, but I have now found a more profound and specific theoretical anchor. The milestone I’m most proud of is discovering Arjun Appadurai’s theory of “The Social Life of Things” and subsequently developing my own methodology. …
Blog#6
1.This book presents a fascinating perspective: objects, like people, possess their own life stories. We often assume an item’s value is fixed—that its raw materials or production costs determine its worth. But this book reveals that’s not the case at all. The meaning and value of an object are created and transformed through its constant …