Place, Memory, and Environmental Psychology




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How much of what we are is related to the places we have lived and experienced? What is the importance of place in our most memorable experiences? Is it possible to find any memory that is not physically situated somewhere? This course is an invitation to reflect on these and other meaningful questions about the psychological and emotional relationships between people and their environments. Drawing on a variety of disciplines, including psychology, geography, architecture, and design, this course will introduce environmental psychology and its contribution to understanding how physical environments influence our behavior, cognition, identity, and memory. Using place-based methodologies, we will discuss concepts such as place attachment, place identity, and cognitive maps. We will reflect on issues of memory, meaning of home, trauma, displacement, and the power of nature in our psychological well-being.

Your instructor: Fernanda Blanco Vidal
Fernanda Blanco Vidal is a PhD Candidate in Environmental Psychology at the Graduate Center, CUNY. She holds degrees in Psychology and Sociology from the Federal University of Bahia, where she published Nostalgia, but not Sadness – Psychology, Memory and Forced Displacement. Her dissertation explores how people’s sense of place shifted during the COVID-19 pandemic. With over a decade of higher education experience in Brazil and the US, she develops place-based methodologies linking psychology, memory, and displacement.

Class Dates and Time: Tuesdays, April 7 through May 12
10am Pacific | 11am Mountain | 12pm Central | 1pm Eastern
Each session is 90 minutes. 
 
Class schedule: Live lecture will take place on Tuesdays via ZOOM 
  • 4/7/2026
  • 4/14/2026
  • 4/21/2026
  • 4/28/2026
  • 5/5/2026
  • 5/12/2026

Class Details

6 Session(s)
Weekly - Tue

Location
Virtual - Any Location

Instructor
Osher Online 

Tuition: 

$70.00

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Schedule Information

Date(s) Class Days Times Location Instructor(s)
4/7/2026 - 5/12/2026 Weekly - Tue 12:00 PM - 01:30 PM N/A, Virtual - Any Location  Map Osher Online 

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