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Journal articles on the topic "Place attachment in commercial settings":
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Losada-Otálora, Mauricio, and Jose Ribamar Siqueira. "Transformative place management (TPM) in commercial settings and business performance." Journal of Services Marketing 34, no. 7 (October 1, 2020): 889–907. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jsm-08-2019-0323.
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Purpose This study aims to introduce transformative place management – TPM – (defined as the deliberate efforts of place managers in commercial settings to provide a pool of restorative resources to improve the consumers’ emotional well-being) by merging the REPLACE framework and transformative service research. Additionally, this research analyzes the direct and indirect impacts of restorative resources as a form of TPM on consumers’ emotional well-being and place attachment, considering the moderating role of employee emotional labor. Design/methodology/approach A total of 240 customers were surveyed in an experience-based store in a developing country by using a questionnaire. Then, a moderated mediation model was applied to analyze the moderating role of employee emotional labor in the relationship between TPM and place attachment through consumers’ well-being. Findings TPM that provides restorative resources to consumers influences place attachment by improving consumer well-being. However, surface acting by employees reduces the ability of TPM to increase place attachment through the improvement of consumers’ emotional well-being. Deep acting, on the other hand, does not enhance the effect of TPM on place attachment through consumers’ emotional well-being. Originality/value This paper proposes new developments in the transformative service research (TSR) paradigm by introducing TPM. By showing how the place of consumption increases the well-being of customers, this paper helps TSR researchers to accomplish the purpose of transforming the lives of consumers through relevant research. Although marketing researchers and environmental psychologists have theoretically anticipated the positive effects on well-being from consumption settings, this paper explains how commercial places promote customer well-being through the provision of restorative resources. Also, this paper shows how the place of consumption transforms consumers’' lives and identifies some of the boundary conditions at which such a transformation occurs.
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LIMA, VITOR MOURA, RAFAEL CUBA MANCEBO, LUÍS ALEXANDRE GRUBITS DE PAULA PESSÔA, and ALESSANDRA DE SÁ MELLO DA COSTA. "Eu, meu lugar e eu mesmo: explorando a ligação entre consumidores e lugares com um tempero do Nordeste brasileiro." Cadernos EBAPE.BR 18, no. 3 (September 20, 2020): 609–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1679-395120190151.
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Abstract Consumers, whether more or less consciously, attach their identity to places in order to give meaning to their lives. In this research, we discuss the process by which consumers attach their identity to commercial settings, based on the extended self and place attachment theories. Through observations, in-depth interviews, and discourse analysis, this study explores the bonds people make with a place, taking a Brazilian heritage market as a research context. The findings suggest that the link between consumers’ identities and commercial settings occurs in different forms, based not only on their self-narratives but also on the physical space.
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Debenedetti, Alain, Harmen Oppewal, and Zeynep Arsel. "Place Attachment in Commercial Settings: A Gift Economy Perspective." Journal of Consumer Research 40, no. 5 (February 1, 2014): 904–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/673469.
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LIMA, VITOR MOURA, RAFAEL CUBA MANCEBO, LUÍS ALEXANDRE GRUBITS DE PAULA PESSÔA, and ALESSANDRA DE SÁ MELLO DA COSTA. "Me, my place, and I: exploring consumer-place attachment in Brazil’s Northeast region." Cadernos EBAPE.BR 18, no. 3 (September 20, 2020): 609–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1679-395120190151x.
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Abstract Consumers, whether more or less consciously, attach their identity to places in order to give meaning to their lives. In this research, we discuss the process by which consumers attach their identity to commercial settings, based on the extended self and place attachment theories. Through observations, in-depth interviews, and discourse analysis, this study explores the bonds people make with a place, taking a Brazilian heritage market as a research context. The findings suggest that the link between consumers’ identities and commercial settings occurs in different forms, based not only on their self-narratives but also on the physical space.
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Alexander, Bethan. "Commercial, social and experiential convergence: fashion’s third places." Journal of Services Marketing 33, no. 3 (June 10, 2019): 257–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jsm-04-2018-0116.
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Purpose This paper aims to examine the third-place phenomenon, within a fashion context, through the theoretical lens of servicescape and experiential retailing. It identifies third places’ typologies, evolution and adoption and explores the opportunities third places offer to retailers when attempting to connect better with consumers. Design/methodology/approach Taking a qualitative approach, research was conducted using secondary data sources, observation of 98 retail stores and the shopping-with-consumers technique with 42 informants. Manual thematic analysis and magnitude coding was conducted. Findings Third-place fashion practices are prevalent and growing. Their predominant functions include sociability, experiential, restorative and commercial. Variances inherent in third places are expounded and a third-place-dimensions model is proposed. Research limitations/implications Due to the chosen research approach, the results are limited in terms of generalizability to other settings. Several research directions are elucidated, including exploration of fashion third places on consumers’ place attachment within specific sectors; the impact of differing age, gender and geographies on third place meaning; virtual and hybrid forms; retailer motivations; and third-place alliances. Practical implications The preliminary study serves to support managers to understand how consumers perceive and experience the fashion third place and the potential of the third place to enhance consumer engagement. Originality/value The research makes a valuable contribution to the dearth of extant literature on third place within the fashion field. It offers a new theoretical perspective on form, function and benefits of third places as a conduit of social-, experiential-, and commercial-experience consumption.
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Ujang, Norsidah, Marek Kozlowski, and Suhardi Maulan. "Linking place attachment and social interaction: towards meaningful public places." Journal of Place Management and Development 11, no. 1 (March 5, 2018): 115–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jpmd-01-2017-0012.
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Purpose A public space is a place of significance when it fulfils the human need for social interaction and attachment. However, the scarcity of public spaces poses a challenge to support socialisation for people within a defined social and cultural group. The purpose of this paper is to explore the association between place attachment and social interaction within public spaces in the city centre of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Design/methodology/approach Face-to-face interviews with urban users were conducted to examine the users’ engagement in three main public spaces in the city and the significance of these spaces to everyday social interaction. Field observations were carried out to examine patterns of users’ activities and interactions. Findings The authors uncover a lack of multi-functional spaces to support diverse forms of interactions in the city. A street has an important function to generate activities. However, spaces for people to sit and stay remain scarce, and are in most cases consumed by extended commercial use and thus considered private. Opportunities for social interaction are very limited. The significance of the places relates strongly to commercial and tourism functions, and hence place attachment evolves around those activities. Participants associated their familiarity and engagement with interaction between familiar people, close ethnic relationships and business acquaintances. Practical implications The authors argue that more robust and socially responsive public spaces should be reclaimed for the culturally diverse users. Social implications Development of attachment through meaningful spaces for people to stay and interact could enhance the role of public spaces in the city. Originality/value By understanding the social meanings of places, particularly in a multi-cultural setting, a stronger basis for designing and managing urban places towards resiliency and social sustainability can be provided.
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Ko, Dong-Wan, and Kum-Hee Hwang. "Roles and Effects of Visitors' Place Attachment in Interpretation of Cultural Heritage Tourism." Tourism Sciences Society of Korea 39, no. 2 (March 31, 2015): 151–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.17086/jts.2015.39.2.151.166.
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Place attachment is human's strong emotional bond with a specific environmental settings, and there are numerous studies on the topic. The study tested whether place attachment mediates the relationship between interpretation and place satisfaction in cultural heritage tourism. The survey site of Changgyeonggung is UNESCO World Heritage as well as Royal Palace in Korea. The structural equation modeling technique was conducted with the sample of 337 visitors. The three hypotheses and research model which were developed from the previous researches of interpretation and place attachment were supported. The most significant theoretical contribution is that place attachment in settings of cultural heritage tourism lays a mediating role. Therefore, the interpretation in cultural heritage tourism should increase visitor's place attachment then it could encourage visitor's repeat visitation.
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Putra, Ida Bagus Gede Parama. "PLACE ATTACHMENT STUDY IN KUTA BEACH COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR." Journal of Architectural Research and Education 3, no. 2 (December 28, 2021): 82–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.17509/jare.v3i2.37837.
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Kuta Beach has undergone a change in function and a shift in activity which began with the opening of the trading port function to become a popular beach tourism area in Bali. The development of tourism on Kuta beach is currently experiencing a very drastic increase as evidenced by the very rapid development of tourist accommodation and infrastructure arrangement by the government. The increase in the number of hotels, inns and various other types of functions indicates the high interest in investment in the Kuta beach road area. Indirectly, this dynamic changes one's bond in the Kuta Beach corridor. The study of Place attachment in the commercial corridor area of Kuta Beach aims to determine the important factors in the formation of a place's identity, corridor characteristics, visitor preferences, activity studies, and magnetic identification of an area. The research method in place attachment studies in the Kuta beach corridor uses a quantitative approach accompanied by a qualitative descriptive explanation to find out the phenomena and perceptions of visitors. Knowing the important variables and elements in the corridor becomes the focus of the study to obtain data on the level of place attachment that exists in the commercial corridor of Kuta beach. Based on the literature study, the place attachment study is one of the cornerstones in assisting the planning of an area by assessing the level of attachment to a place.
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Wickham, T. D., and D. L. Kerstetter. "The Relationship Between Place Attachment and Crowding in an Event Setting." Event Management 6, no. 3 (March 1, 2000): 167–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/096020197390248.
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Researchers have used the concept of place attachment to better understand people's attachment to recreational settings as well as geographic areas. They also have examined the phenomenon of “crowding” within these same settings and have adopted the notion that crowding is a negative evaluation of population density and has a negative impact on visitors' experiences. What we do not know is whether there is a relationship between individuals' attachment to a place and their perceptions of crowding, especially within the context of a community-focused festival. Thus, the purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between place attachment and visitors' perceptions of crowding at a First Night® event. Data were analyzed using a series of correlations between a place attachment index and six crowding questions. Results indicated that place attachment is positively related to an individual's perception of crowding. As individuals' attachment to their community increases so too do their positive feelings about crowds. These results challenge traditional notions about crowding and provide insight to festival managers interested in enhancing their relationship with the host community.
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Kyle, Gerard, Alan Graefe, and Robert Manning. "Testing the Dimensionality of Place Attachment in Recreational Settings." Environment and Behavior 37, no. 2 (March 2005): 153–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0013916504269654.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Place attachment in commercial settings":
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Thorel, Cerise. "Contours et proximité de la consommation : une ethnographie du centre-ville de Rouen." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Normandie, 2023. http://www.theses.fr/2023NORMR089.
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Espace public à la croisée des acteurs et des préoccupations, le centre-ville est un espace au cœur de nombreux enjeux sociétaux, politiques, commerciaux ou encore touristiques. Cette thèse de doctorat se propose d’investiguer ce territoire afin d’approfondir la connaissance et la compréhension du centre-ville, non seulement comme terrain, mais comme objet d’étude.Il s’agit alors d’en déterminer les contours et d’interroger la participation de la consommation dans la définition du centre-ville. Une ethnographie du centre-ville de Rouen menée entre 2017 et 2023 démontre une analogie entre le lieu commercial et le centre-ville. Les résultats mettent en évidence un centre-ville organisé autour du concept de proximité et l’importance d’unedouble dimension temporelle et affective de celui-ci. Enfin, ils mettent en lumière dans quelle mesure la proximité peut se révéler un frein à l’attractivité commerciale quand elle interfère avec l’intimité. Ainsi, cette recherche favorise la compréhension du rôle de la consommation dans ce qui est et ce qui fait le centre-villeAs a public space at the crossroads of actors and concerns, the city centre is at the centre of many social, political, commercial and tourist issues. The aim of this thesis is to explore this area in order to deepen our knowledge and understanding of the city centre, not only as a field, but also as an object of study. The aim is to define the contours of the city centre and to examine the role of consumption in defining it. An ethnography of the city centre of Rouen, carried out between 2017 and 2023, shows an analogy between the commercial space and the city centre. The results reveal a city centre organised around the concept of proximity and the importance of its dual temporal and affective dimensions. Finally, they highlight the extent to which proximity can be a brake on commercial attractiveness when it interferes with intimacy. In this way, this research helps us to understand the role of consumption in what the city centre is and what makes it what it is
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Mzahi, Chourouk. "Exploration des liens d'attachement dans une relation à une marque-enseigne." Thesis, Aix-Marseille 3, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011AIX32096.
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Cette thèse a pour objectif d’explorer l’interaction entre les différents liens d’attachement dans une relation à la marque enseigne. Elle se compose de deux parties : la première aborde la marque enseigne d’un point de vue relationnel. Elle présente l’attachement comme une facette privilégiée permettant d’appréhender la relation à la marque enseigne. La deuxième partie a pour objectif de décrire les différentes articulations entre attachement au lieu et attachement à la marque dans le cadre d’une relation à la marque enseigne. Pour cela, une triangulation méthodologique est menée à l’aide de trois techniques de recueil auprès d’un échantillon global de 55 individus : 17 entretiens semi directif, 11 introspections et 27 Test de village. Les principaux résultats de la recherche obtenus suite à une analyse selon les règles de la théorie enracinée, indiquent que dans une relation à la marque enseigne, l’attachement au lieu et l’attachement à la marque s’articulent selon deux principales configurations : la configuration de clivage et la configuration d’inclusion. La configuration de clivage présente les deux liens d’attachement comme totalement indépendants. La configuration d’inclusion présente un attachement à la marque enseigne qui est spatialement ancré. Ce dernier s’articule autour du rituel marchand, de la congruence perçue entre le lieu et la marque et d’une mémorabilité spatialement ancréeThe objective of this thesis is to explore the interaction between the different types of attachment in a service brand relationship. It is organised in two parts: the first one deals with the relational aspect of the service brand, it presents the concept of attachment as a main facet of this relationship. The second part aims to describe the different links between the service place attachment and the brand attachment in a service brand relationship. For that purpose, a methodological triangulation is conducted through the collection of 17 interviews, 11 introspections and 27 village tests. The main results obtained indicate that the interaction between service place attachment and brand attachment in a service brand relationship, is based on two major configurations: the configuration of cleavage which is characterised by an independence between place attachment and brand attachment. The configuration of inclusion indicates that brand attachment is grounded in a place attachment. This configuration revolves around three dimensions: the ritual merchant, the perceived congruency between the place and the brand and a spatially grounded memorability
Books on the topic "Place attachment in commercial settings":
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Stirr, Anna Marie. Heading Home. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190631970.003.0003.
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Through an ethnographic narrative, this chapter describes a trip to a rural village in Lamjung district and a dohori singing event that took place there. It introduces the post-conflict temporal context of the author’s research, and situates her as a researcher, a woman, and a student of dohori singing, at the intersection of the professional world of Kathmandu and the particular rural world she was visiting. It provides an account of one rural setting to illustrate how different the reality of various forms of rural life is from the idealized version depicted in commercial dohori, while also showing how these ideal rural settings may be produced through dohori’s poetic conventions. This chapter introduces the expressive conventions of rural dohori singing, through a description of how the author learned them in this village. And it situates them in relation to aspects of caste/ethnicity, gender, political identity, and social status.
Book chapters on the topic "Place attachment in commercial settings":
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Fox, Claire F. "Radical Hospitality in a Small Iowa Town." In Building Sustainable Worlds, 44–61. University of Illinois Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5622/illinois/9780252044540.003.0003.
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How do Latinx people make places for themselves and recognize their long-standing presence in small-town and rural Midwestern settings? This chapter focuses on a range of placemaking practices from performance to storytelling and community celebrations that occur in Hampton, Iowa (est. population 4231), a town with an established and growing Latinx population. It explores the potential for cultural events to model radical hospitality--unconditional welcome with the potential for reciprocity--as a political, ethical, and community-based practice through which Latinx Midwesterners express their attachment to place and imagine collective futures. The chapter further highlights the important role of Hampton’s Latinx-serving community center, La Luz Hispana (today Centro Cultural La Luz), as a facilitator of public events in which Latinx people gather and fluidly assume the roles of both guest and host.
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Vidal, Fernando. "Brains in the Pulps." In Performing Brains on Screen. Nieuwe Prinsengracht 89 1018 VR Amsterdam Nederland: Amsterdam University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5117/9789462989146_ch02.
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Brain-themed plots, characters, and settings cut across both genres and media. Particularly strong is the narrative and iconographic kinship between science fiction “pulp magazines” and B brainfilms. Pulp sci-fi was popular in the USA between the late nineteenth century and the 1950s. This chapter focuses on the brain motif in pulp “scientifiction” stories and visuals of the 1920s to 1930s – years that saw the emergence of the first filmic brain in a vat, and other brain motifs that would later appear on screen, such as the mad brain scientist, brain manipulation and transplantation, brains in jars, or brain-mediated immortality. It also describes the place of “scientifilm” in pulp fantasy and magazines’ commercial strategies, and outlines resonances between brainfilms and sci-fi pulp.
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D. Brunn, Stanley. "Perspective Chapter: Creative Mapping and Mapping Creativity." In Creativity [Working Title]. IntechOpen, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.102729.
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Creative efforts showing places and human/environmental features are integral to understanding our evolution of knowledge. Throughout human history, the construction of maps for personal, commercial or political control has been instrumental in displaying food production, faith landscapes, human migration, transportation networks, environmental conditions, human welfare and much more. The visible products about environmental settings and human well-being from prehistoric artists, explorers, cartographers and geographers to those using satellites, GIS and social media reflect rich imaginations about the place and environmental knowledge. Historical creative efforts are addressed as well as ongoing geographic searches and mapping to improve our understanding of the planet’s human and environmental features. Creative curiosities about places local, planetary and extra-planetary will forever be part of human histories.
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Giovanna, Axia, and Erminielda Mainardi Peron. "Environmental Assessment Across the Life Span." In Environment, Cognition, and Action. Oxford University Press, 1992. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195062205.003.0018.
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Before trying to analyze environmental assessment throughout the life span, let us briefly consider what environmental assessment means. Craik (1971), for instance, distinguishes five kinds of place assessment: physical and spatial properties of places, number and variety of artifacts in a place, traits of places, behaviors typically occurring in a place, and institutional attributes or social climate of places. In general, models of environmental assessment can be considered place centered, while environmental appraisal relates more to observer-centered variables. Gifford (1987) stresses how environmental appraisal refers to different personal impressions, such as descriptions, evaluations, emotional reactions, meanings, and attitudes of concern. In his recent review of environmental psychology, Holahan (1986) includes under assessment studies relating to the affective appraisal of the environment (Russell & Lanius, 1984), place evaluation envisioned in terms of the degree to which a place is seen as helping to achieve goals (Canter, 1983), the cognitive components in environmental assessment and the “supporting environment”—that is, an environment in which the information necessary for making decisions is readily available and interpretable (Kaplan, 1982), preferences for places and their attractiveness (Nasar, 1983; Zube & Pitt, 1981), residential satisfaction and neighborhood attachment (Fried, 1982; Galster & Hesser, 1981), and identification of standards of quality for various settings (Craik, 1981). Thus environmental assessment includes a variety of factors and/or of processes, ranging from the mere perception of a place to affective/emotional evaluations of it. Even if all of the components of assessment are relevant, not all of them will be considered here. We will focus mainly on cognitive aspects of environmental assessment. This means perception, cognitive evaluation, affective/emotional evaluation, and preference for places. These aspects are all interrelated to the concept of “place schema” (we will use “schema” when referring to one single schema, and “schemata” when referring to the plural). A place schema is abstract and hierarchically organized knowledge about places. Perception of a place can be viewed as the mere fact of coming into contact with a setting through the senses. Perception may also include the categorization and/or the conceptualization of a place, and it can also mean to form or use place schemata.
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Davies, Olivia, and Thomas D. J. Sayers. "Honeybee Bias and Bee-washing." In The Oxford Handbook of Animal Organization Studies, 313—C21.P140. Oxford University Press, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780192848185.013.21.
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Abstract Insects are a ubiquitous yet largely overlooked presence in countless modes of organizing and organizational settings. In fact, they are the most abundant form of animal life on the planet. Therefore, the ways in which organizations attend (or not) to our invertebrate companions holds significant ecological and social implications. This chapter draws attention to some of these dimensions in relation to the important ecological and economic activity of insect pollination. With the interrelated organizational phenomena of honeybee bias and bee-washing as the chapter’s empirical foci, the authors identify how dominant organizationally-facilitated and -perpetuated modes of care exhibited towards European honeybees have given rise to socially and ecologically unsound circumstances. The chapter suggests these consequences arise, in part, from the vertebrate-centric approach these organizational care-oriented initiatives are founded on, characterized by an individualistic and universal approach. Like the pollination process, the chapter proposes acts of more-than-vertebrate care can only take place through intimate moments of relationality, and are always entangled with and influenced by other (sometimes invisible, unknowable) situated forces. Through this discussion, the chapter encourages further consideration of what a more-than-vertebrate ethics of care framework might entail for various organizational settings, particularly insect-pollinated systems of commercial importance.
Conference papers on the topic "Place attachment in commercial settings":
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Hafez, Ahmed, and John Castagna. "Artificial Intelligence-Assisted Seismic Mapping of Mediterranean Complex Turbidite Reservoirs Depositional Architectures for Effective Gas Exploration and Development." In ADIPEC. SPE, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/216389-ms.
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Abstract Accurate mapping of internal depositional architectural elements of a Pliocene-aged gas-bearing turbidite reservoir of the Mediterranean Basin into discrete 3D geobodies has been achieved through applying innovative workflow assisted by the convolutional neural network. The mapped reservoir depositional architectures have been integrated to the acoustic and elastic properties inverted form 3D seismic data to build robust multi-realizations reservoir static models. These models have been used to optimize the appraisal and development well locations and accurately assess the gas initial in-place of the discovery. Four wells have been sited utilizing the results of the constructed models. The wells have been successfully drilled and added 175 Million standard cubic feet in a day (MMscf/d) which obviously improve the commercial value of the project. The workflow is a major step in accurate delineation of the internal depositional architectural elements of the deep-water turbidite reservoirs of the Mediterranean Basins, as well as in other locations/basins where similar settings exist. By applying the workflow, the subsurface complexities were revealed with the artificial intelligence algorithms, uncertainties were captured, risks were reduced and project commercial value was uplifted.
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Almeida, Rachel de Castro, Sávio Guimarães, and Patrícia Pereira. "Museus contemporâneos e os novos sentidos da relação espaço e cultura." In Seminario Internacional de Investigación en Urbanismo. Barcelona: Curso de Arquitetura e Urbanismo. Universidade do Vale do Itajaí, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.5821/siiu.6245.
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Os museus são preciosos objetos de estudo por exibirem as transformações contemporâneas globais da cultura e do espaço, não somente por meio dos acervos que abrigam, mas também em sua própria interlocução com a estrutura urbana. Este artigo apresenta os primeiros resultados de uma pesquisa empírica realiza em museus localizados em Lisboa, Brasília e Belo Horizonte, abordando facetas desses processos como: a inserção cada vez mais forte desses espaços de cultura no bojo de uma indústria cultural, em decorrência de reorganização hegemônica do capital, das inovações tecnológicas, dos aparatos informacionais; a reelaboração do sentido de lugar, uma vez que esses espaços passam a ocupar tanto um papel de destaque na imagem e identidade das cidades, em âmbito global, em razão do crescimento do lazer e do turismo internacional, quanto em âmbito local, por se tornarem lugares de sociabilidade e de apropriação da própria indústria cultural. Urban museums are valuable study objects because they showcase the contemporary global transformations of culture and space. They are connected to these transformations not only through their collections but also due to their interaction with urban settings. This paper presents the first results of an empirical research about museums in Lisbon, Brasília and Belo Horizonte that focuses on two dimensions: 1) the increasingly strong attachment of cultural spaces in the cultural industry, due to the hegemonic reorganisation of capital, of technological innovations, of new visual information apparatus and 2) the re-elaboration of the sense of place, since these spaces are becoming increasingly important for the image and identity of cities. This relevance emerges due to global factors, namely the growth of the international tourism and leisure industry, but it is also locally grounded, as these are places of encounter, of interaction and of fruition of the architecture and the exhibited objects.
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Alekseyev, Jesslyn, Madeline Chmielinski, Emmanuel Mallea, Jo Kurucar, Vincent Mancuso, and Robert Seater. "Fun as a Strategic Advantage: Applying Lessons in Engagement from Commercial Games to Military Logistics Training." In 13th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2022). AHFE International, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1002399.
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Games have been identified as a potential solution to improving learning outcomes in educational settings. Game environments offer many elements to augment traditional classroom learning such as lectures and static reading assignments. They enable players to explore concepts through repeat play in a low-risk environment, and can integrate feedback into gameplay to enable students to evaluate their own performance. Commercial games leverage a number of features to engage players and hold their attention; they typically use enticing graphics and visual elements, and break game play down for new players. But do those methods have a place in instructional environments with a captive and motivated audience? Our experience and measures suggest that yes; applying lessons in engagement from commercial games can help students become more invested in their learning. Though the military may not prioritize fun, they are interested in leveraging potentially effective training methods.MIT Lincoln Laboratory worked with the Office of Naval Research Global TechSolutions (ONR Global TechSolutions), the Marine Corps University Expeditionary Warfighting School (MCU EWS), and the Marine Corps Expeditionary Energy Office (E2O) to develop an interactive, web-based serious game prototype that teaches the principles of logistics and their trade-offs. Developed from a proposal by Marine Corps Captains, the game’s overarching objective was to improve the education and training of Marine Corps University students on the topic of energy management and logistics. Throughout development, MIT LL conducted game assessments at regular intervals, both with internal personnel and Marine Corps University students to validate project goals and guide development. A final test was conducted at the conclusion of development to measure usability against earlier results to measure learning outcomes, and examine the impact of engagement on learning outcomes as well as user reported experience. The game was tested with 12 students and 4 non-student personnel, who represented a mix of operations, logistics, and other disciplines. Students were split between “engaged” (7 students) and “de-engaged” conditions (5 students), where the “de-engaged” condition replaced introductory movies with equivalent static content, and removed decorative elements. Game rules, game information, user support information, and user workflows did not change between the conditions. Though testing was conducted throughout with a relatively small sample size, qualitative and quantitative measures suggest results relevant to how game-based and digital learning tools are designed. Reported usability increased considerably throughout development with less coaching and support, including during development phases focused almost exclusively on improving engagement and applying lessons from entertainment games. In the final assessment, those in the “engaged” condition reported higher usability scores as expected, but also reported making less mistakes and finding play easier. Additionally, those in the “engaged” condition reported finding stronger connections between the principles of logistics presented, indicating that there is a connection between engaging features and learning outcomes. Though more research is needed to see if results hold up more broadly, these results indicate that the integration of engaging features can improve engagement and perception as well as potentially improving learning outcomes even with communities that may not traditionally prioritize engagement.
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Simon, Madlen, Shainmaa Hameed Hussein, and Gregory Weaver. "BRIDGING THE GAP STUDIO: Urban Design Education for a Global Community." In 108th Annual Meeting Proceedings. ACSA Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.35483/acsa.am.108.100.
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Bridging the Gap studio brings US graduate students together with Iraqi graduate students for a collaborative urban design studio focusing on urban redevelopment proposals for selected commercial districts in the two capital cities of Washington DC and Baghdad. Each group serves as information sources, eyes-on-the-ground, cultural informants, fact-checkers, and design critics for their overseas counter-parts. We communicate through multiple digital means. The theoretical basis of the studio draws upon multiple disciplines. Initial motivation was citizen diplomacy, an international relations concept that engages private citizens in “individual endeavors that serve their own interests and diplomacy which includes a framework for cooperation be-tween countries.” 1 A key theoretical underpinning of the studio is globalization, cutting across multiple disciplines, spanning practice and academia. 2 Initial support came from a multi-national design firm that viewed the studio as a vehicle for inculcating competencies of global practice. Interaction with the firm’s architects, including a studio design competition bringing US and Iraqi students to the Washington DC office for internships, shows students how practitioners put those cultural understandings and skills into action. Globalization has also influenced the discipline of geography, leading to innovations in the field of comparative urbanism3 4 to work “across diverse human experiences.” Bridging the Gap Studio produces studies in comparative urbanism as the US and Iraqi students discover both similarity and difference in their focus districts. The pedagogical method draws upon situated learning theory, positing that learning should take place in authentic practice settings and within social communities.5 While one could argue that every architectural design studio exemplifies situated learning, Bridging the Gap studio offers a particularly robust example, creating a setting that mimics global practice and a social community that includes inhabitants of the urban places under study.
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De Cristofaro, Sarah, Luca Rizzi, Dario Cardone, Lisa Berti, and Ubaldo Spina. "Smart Relax Armchair - a solution for active and safe ageing at home." In 15th International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (AHFE 2024). AHFE International, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.54941/ahfe1004896.
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The fact that people are living longer is a social and economic challenge for developed countries in the 21st century. An ageing society leads to an increase in the number of people living with multiple chronic conditions, facing the loss of independence and autonomy in daily activities and suffering social isolation caused by the pandemic or by the necessity of long-term care at home. The increasing incidence of sedentarism as well as prolonged immobility caused by long-stay settings (care home) is also a growing health concern. Indeed, spending too much time sitting daily could increase the incidence of postural changes and pressure ulcer formation, further reducing the physical, social, and emotional well-being of older adults.These problems are countable as significant contributors among many threats to elderly health and well-being leading to morbidity, disability, and premature death. In this view, Ambient Assisted Living solutions to monitor house routines of elderly patients and offer simple and healthy exercises daily are essential.This paper reports the results of the research activity conducted by the authors in collaboration with a well-known Italian sofa and armchair producer and health experts to develop an innovative solution for promoting active and safe ageing at home using a Smart Relax Armchair. The goal of the study was to introduce new smart functions to a Relax Armchair to help maintain a correct posture as well as to reduce the formation of bedsores by inducing frequent repositioning.To reach the goal, firstly the authors conducted a benchmarking analysis to identify the smart functions dedicated to health and wellbeing purposes already available on the market in the home furniture sector. A user-centred design methodology has been implemented to identify the Smart Relax Armchair functionalities, by involving industry experts, researchers in active ageing, biomedical engineers, and potential users since the early design stage. A dedicated design thinking tool has been used for users’ needs identification and translation into metrics (i.e. technical features). The Quality Function Deployment (QFD) method and tool have been used to rank such metrics and drive the design of the final product to meet users’ needs at best.3D virtual manikins, technical standards, ergonomic manuals, and the know-how of biomedical engineers and experts in Functional Recovery and Rehabilitation have been used to identify postural misbehaviour in daily life and potential intervention areas on a commercial Relax Armchair. Several active and passive solutions have been identified and tested to help maintain the correct posture and reduce the formation of bedsores. A sensorised mat has been used to assess changes in pressure distribution with respect to different layers of cushioning materials and to help select the specific pressure relief mattresses for bedsore prevention to be integrated into the final design.At the same time, an innovative protocol (anti-decubitus function) has been developed and implemented via ARDUINO to automatically induce a repositioning of the Smart Relax Armchair and thus changing the pressure distribution on the body, if the APP detects prolonged sitting.The protocol of the anti-decubitus function has been validated on a preliminary prototype thanks to a sensorised mat which demonstrated the effectiveness on pressure distribution variation, thus allowing the patenting of the idea.In order to promote active ageing at home, a set of simple rehabilitation exercises to be performed with the help of the Smart Relax Armchair has been designed and implemented in the APP specifically developed to control the product via a Smartphone or a vocal assistant.A final prototype including all the selected and developed solutions has been produced and a clinical trial will be conducted in the next months for the final validation of the product.The solutions developed and implemented on the Smart Relax Armchair have the potential to be applied to any model of Armchair or Sofa by the producer, thus changing the conventional paradigm of expensive products for active ageing only available for residential care facilities which cannot be afforded by those willing to age in place.