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[This clip that I am showing from the show, “How I
Met Your Mother,” is from Season 2 Episode 5 at 19:06]
This clip from HIMYM shows an example of placemaking.
Placemaking happens in the process of navigating a relationship and is
generally defined as the process of personalizing an environment in ways that
makes both partners in the relationship comfortable. In this particular episode
Lily has problems with the new apartment that she moved into so she has to find
somewhere else to stay . She ends up begging her friend Barney to let her crash
at his bachelor pad and he reluctantly agrees. One of the effects of having
Lily stay there is that Barney’s one night stands are scared away because they
think he’s married so he decides to embrace it and gives Lily free liberty to
make the place more homey. They then end up relaxing together in the
comfortable space Lily made for both of them demonstrating placemaking although
not in the traditional sense.
[This clip is also from the show, “How I Met Your
Mother,” is from Season 1 Episode 8 at the beginning of the episode]
This clip from HIMYM shows an example of relational
culture which is according to Wood “…a private world of rules, understandings,
meanings, and patterns of acting and interpreting that partners create for
their relationship (Wood, 2013, p. 283) . This episode starts
with a display of Lily and Marshall’s relationship
by showing their tradition of whenever one of them goes on a trip they bring
back beer from that place and the remaining partner in turn is always there with
their name on a sign to greet them. This demonstrates a ritual that they as a
couple have developed and therefore an unspoken rule for their private world.
References
Wood, J. T. (2013). Interpersonal
Communication:Everyday Encounters. Boston, MA: Wadsworth.
http://www.free-tv-video-online.me/player/novamov.php?id=6q733z2jvggf6
http://www.free-tv-video-online.me/player/gorillavid.php?id=6hngiqgw2t8w
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