A sense of place: Ecological identity as a driver for catchment volunteering
A sense of place: Ecological identity as a driver for catchment volunteering
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地方感：生态认同作为流域志愿服务的驱动力
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2003
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Margaret Gooch
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作者：
Margaret Gooch
本文是基于一项研究的结果的人谁自愿为环保组织与集水区的重点。这项研究的目的是捕捉参与者体验集水志愿服务的所有方式，深入了解人们为什么会从事这种工作，以及可能带来的社会和环境效益。通过被称为现象学的定性研究方法收集数据，该方法寻求个体体验某些现象的方式的变化（Marton 1994; Saljo 1988）。从这项研究中出现的一个主要主题是，发展和保持生态身份是重要的
在维持流域志愿者的承诺。结果表明，许多受访者强烈认同的物理位置，集水志愿服务发生，这种“地方感”可以培养，以促进积极的志愿者团体。以特定地点为中心的身份可以通过志愿者共同价值观、信仰和兴趣的发展来获得。这些都是随着时间的推移通过集体经验建立起来的。该文件最后建议，无论是“地方感”和生态特性的发展可以是一个强大的动力，进一步志愿服务。
This paper is based on the results of a study of people who volunteer for environmental organisations with a catchment focus. The aim of the study was to capture all of the ways that participants experience catchment volunteering, to gain a deep understanding of why people might undertake such work, and what the social and environmental benefits might be. Data were collected through a qualitative research approach known as phenomenography which seeks variation in the ways individuals experience certain phenomena (Marton 1994; Saljo 1988). One of the major themes that emerged from this study was that developing and maintaining an ecological identity is important
in sustaining catchment volunteer commitment. Results suggest that many respondents strongly identified with the physical location where the catchment volunteering took place, and that this ‘sense of place’ can be cultivated to foster active volunteer groups. Identity centred on a particular place can be acquired through the development of shared values, beliefs and interests of the volunteers. These are built over time through collective experiences. The paper concludes by suggesting that both a ‘sense of place’ and the development of an ecological identity can be a strong motivator for further volunteering.