{"id":3473,"date":"2016-07-20T16:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-07-20T20:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/fieldnotes\/?p=3473"},"modified":"2016-07-15T14:34:07","modified_gmt":"2016-07-15T18:34:07","slug":"the-art-of-attachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/fieldnotes\/2016\/07\/the-art-of-attachment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Attachment"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3474\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/fieldnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3474\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/fieldnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/map-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"(CC) Alyson Hurt\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/fieldnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/map-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/fieldnotes\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/map.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(CC) Alyson Hurt<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artplaceamerica.org\/blog\/library-update-knight-soul-community\" target=\"_blank\">The Knight Foundation recently shared the results of a 3 year study, &#8220;Soul of the Community&#8221; (SOTC)<\/a> looking at what factors played a role in &#8216;attaching&#8217; residents to their communities. This study focused on the definition of community as tied to a specific geographic location, investigating what make people love where they live. ArtPlace America also defines &#8216;community&#8217; as inherently place-based in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artplaceamerica.org\/about\/introduction\" target=\"_blank\">their 4 principles of successful creative placemaking<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Define a community based in geography, such as a block, a neighborhood, a city, or a region<\/li>\n<li>Articulate a change the group of people living and working in that community would like to see<\/li>\n<li>Propose an arts-based intervention to help achieve that change<\/li>\n<li>Develop a way to know whether the change occurred<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Why is community attachment important? According to the SOTC study:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>As noted in the study, people who are engaged in their community strove to make it a better place, they were both invested in it and a productive part of its economic growth. Attachment and love for a community strengthens social cohesion which in turn strengthens the overall functioning of the community. SOTC essentially identifies arts &amp; culture as one of the main factors a community should look to when talking about community development, economic strength, and community engagement.<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Why do you love where you live?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Knight Foundation recently shared the results of a 3 year study, &#8220;Soul of the Community&#8221; (SOTC) looking at what factors played a role in &#8216;attaching&#8217; residents to their communities. This study focused on the definition of community as tied to a specific geographic location, investigating what make people love where they live. 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