Space, place, and territory: a critical review on spatialities

Space, place, and territory are concepts that lie at the core of geography and urban planning, environmental studies and sociology. Although space, place, and territory are indeed polysemic and polemic, they have particular characteristics that distinguish them from each other. They are interdepende...

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1. Verfasser: Duarte, Fábio 1970- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: London Routledge 2018
Ausgabe:First issued in paperback
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Zusammenfassung:Space, place, and territory are concepts that lie at the core of geography and urban planning, environmental studies and sociology. Although space, place, and territory are indeed polysemic and polemic, they have particular characteristics that distinguish them from each other. They are interdependent but not interchangeable, and the differences between them explain how we simultaneously perceive, conceive, and design multiple spatialities. After drawing the conceptual framework of space, place, and territory, the book initially explores how we sense space in the most visceral ways, and how the overlay of meanings attached to the sensorial characteristics of space change the way we perceive it-smell, spatial experiences using EEG, and the changing meaning of darkness are discussed. The book continues exploring cartographic mapping not as a final outcome, but rather as an epistemological tool, an instrument of inquiry. It follows on how particular ideas of space, place, and territory are embedded in specific urban proposals, from Brasilia to the Berlin Wall, airports, and infiltration of digital technologies in our daily life. The book concludes by focusing on spatial practices that challenge the status quo of how we perceive and understand urban spaces, from famous artists to anonymous interventions by traceurs and hackers of urban technologies. Combining space, place, and territory as distinctive but interdependent concepts into an epistemological matrix may help us to understand contemporary phenomena and live them critically
Beschreibung:168 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781138342057
9781472483799