热带地理2026，Vol.46Issue(1)：83-97,15.DOI:10.13284/j.cnki.rddl.20251505
数字地方感的涌现:从多学科阐释到系统性整合
The Emergence of Digital Sense of Place:From Multidisciplinary Interpretations to Systematic Integration
摘要
Abstract
The advent and deep permeation of digital media technologies have precipitated a paradigmatic shift in the ontological and phenomenological understanding of place.No longer conceived as a stable,bounded physical container,place in the contemporary era is dynamically produced,mediated,and continually reconstituted through the intricate interplay of platform architectures,algorithmic operations,locative media,and networked social practices.This transformation has catalyzed the emergence of"digital sense of place"as a critical interdisciplinary concern.Scholars across the disciplines of human geography,environmental psychology,sociology,anthropology,and media studies have engaged with this phenomenon,yet their inquiries have largely progressed in parallel,resulting in a fragmented intellectual landscape characterized by conceptual dispersion,methodological insularity,and theoretical compartmentalization.A cohesive framework capable of elucidating the complex,recursive coupling between the digital and the placal remains conspicuously absent.To address this gap,this article conducts a systematic knowledge archaeology and synthesis of relevant literature spanning the years 1980 to 2025.Employing bibliometric analysis and critical discourse review,we trace the genealogical development of place scholarship within each of the core disciplines and map their convergent trajectories toward the digital.Our analysis identifies a fundamental theoretical evolution:a move from essentialist,static,and physically deterministic models of place(exemplified by Tuan's topophilia and Relph's place identity)toward relational,processual,and mediated conceptions.Human geography's"relational turn"and its subsequent engagement with"hybrid space"dismantled the physical-digital binary.Environmental psychology meticulously operationalized and measured place attachment,later extending its quantitative paradigms to validate the psychological reality of digital emotional bonds.Sociology and anthropology foregrounded the social construction of place,revealing how power dynamics,cultural practices,and embodied rituals undergird place-making—a perspective extended to digital communities and virtual belonging.Media studies evolved from treating media as mere representational tools to recognizing platforms and locative media as constitutive infrastructures that actively shape spatial perception and social interaction.The synthesis of these multidisciplinary insights exposes their collective yet unintegrated recognition of digital sense of place as a multifaceted,systemic phenomenon.Building on this foundation,this paper makes a central theoretical contribution by proposing"digital sense of place"as a systemically generative integrative analytical framework.This framework posits digital sense of place not as a possessed attribute but as an ongoing,emergent process generated within a dynamic system composed of five interconnected subsystems:(1)the technological-infrastructural subsystem(platforms,algorithms,interfaces);(2)the affective-psychological subsystem(digitally mediated attachment,identity,meaning);(3)the social-relational subsystem(networked communities and mediated interactions);(4)the cultural-semiotic subsystem(the remediation and circulation of place-based narratives and memories);and(5)the power-political economic subsystem(the governance,ownership,and algorithmic curation of digital space).These subsystems operate in continuous feedback loops,co-constituting the lived experience of place in a digital society.This systemic,generative perspective facilitates a critical analysis of core tensions inherent in digital place-making,such as between delocalization and re-localization,authentic affective experience and platform-engineered engagement,and discursive openness and algorithmic exclusion.Consequently,this integrated framework advances the field from multidisciplinary parallelism toward theoretically robust,holistic explanation.It provides a potent lens for examining pressing contemporary issues,including the affective politics of platform societies,the governance of smart cities,the preservation of digital heritage,and the ethical implications of algorithmically modulated spatial experience.The framework thus repositions digital sense of place as a central analytical node for understanding how locality is persistently forged,contested,and lived within the matrix of contemporary techno-social life.关键词
地方感/数字地方感/系统性生成式/整合概念框架Key words
sense of place/digital sense of place/systemically generative framework/integrative conceptual framework分类
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孙云龙,次仁卓玛,王坚..数字地方感的涌现:从多学科阐释到系统性整合[J].热带地理,2026,46(1):83-97,15.基金项目
国家重点研发计划资助(2023YFF0905000) （2023YFF0905000）
