Abstract
Results from the study ‘nature’s significance for human well-being’, shows that “The Rug of Life” gives additional value to the narratives. The method is qualitative with in-depth interviews combined with visual methodology of sixteen respondents between ages 25–76, who are living close to nature. In the interview it was asked what kind of nature has a meaning for them and how they estimate their well-being and nature’s impact on it and how quality of life are experienced, as well as nature’s and the local rural environment’s significance as a health promoting factor. The study has a salutogenic approach.
| Original language | Undefined/Unknown |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the International and Interdisciplinary Conference IMMAGINI? |
| Publisher | MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute) |
| Pages | 1–9 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 |
| MoE publication type | A4 Article in a conference publication |
| Event | The International and Interdisciplinary Conference IMMAGINI? Image and Imagination between Representation, Communication, Education and Psychology - International and Interdisciplinary Conference IMMAGINI? Image and Imagination between Representation, Communication, Education and Psychology Duration: 27 Nov 2017 → 28 Nov 2017 |
Conference
| Conference | The International and Interdisciplinary Conference IMMAGINI? Image and Imagination between Representation, Communication, Education and Psychology |
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| Period | 27/11/17 → 28/11/17 |
Keywords
- Imagination for creativity
- Quality of life
- Restorative places
- Salutogenesis
- The imagination as a therapeutic tool
- Thinking and Representation