Cognition of Recreation Resources Through Photographic Images

This paper reports on research dealing with how Black people in the Natal north coast cognize natural recreation resources. The cognitions involved are elicited through use of a set of 24 photographs representing various aspects of the natural recreation environment. The responses from photographs were assessed by using tabular frequency distributions. The paper reveals that Black, respondents dichotomize recreation resources more into ecological-aesthetic notions as opposed to subsistence-functional ones. These notions were found to vary in terms of some demographic variables. It concludes that spatial and socio-economic inequalities as opposed to philosophical experiences, exert some considerable influence on cognitions of natural recreation resources.