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THIS PAPER'S BACKGROUND

This paper comes about as a consequence of 25 years plus of research related to:

•  CULTURALproduction; CULTURALlandscaping, PLACEmaking; and PLACEmarking;  in the context of CULTURALgeography and CULTURALproduction.

PLACEDNESS
People belong to places and places are 

inhabited by people not owned by them.

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Ray Norman – Artist, Metalsmith, Networker,  Independent Researcher, Launcestonian, Cultural Theorist, Cultural Geographer and a hunter of DEEPhistories. ...Ray is Co-Director of zingHOUSEunlimited, a lifestyle design enterprise and network offering a range of services linked to contemporary cultural production and cultural research. Roles: Researcher, Designer & Maker, Graphic Design and Web Design Facilitator. Click here to read more

DEFINITION: Community of Ownership and Interest: (compound noun/proposition) an all-inclusive collective/community of people, individuals and groups, who in any way have multi layered relationships with a place or cultural landscape and/or the operation of an institution, organisation or establishment – typically a network. Usage and context: cultural geography; civic and environmental planning; and community administration 

REFERENCE: Dr Bill Boyd, SCU et al .

CONTEXT NOTE: Used in opposition to ‘stakeholder’: one who has a legitimate interest, stake and/or pecuniary interest in an enterprise, endeavour or entity. Also used to demonstrate inclusivity as opposed to the exclusive implications attached to ’stakeholder’. 

 THE CONCEPT  Communities of people have many items in which they share a sense of ownership - for example roads, schools, a health service, even a landscape. Those with such an interest form the Community of Ownership and Interest – its COI – for those items. . 

All too often a COI's shared ownerships and interests are down played and may even be belittled or denied –particularly when contentious or complex issues are involved. However, recognising the layerings of ownerships and interests, and the social cum cultural dynamics involved, can offer a way forward in dispute resolution plus better, and more inclusive, understandings of 'place'. 

If we listed items that had a COI we would include items and locations that were owned by the public – public places and spaces – such as: A park ... A river ... A monument ; ...A memorial; ... An institution; ... A heritage building; .. A museum ... A water supply ...A forest ... A festival ... A ritual; clearly the list is as endless as the kinds of attachments people have for places, things and events. ... Click HERE & HERE to read more