In the 25 years since its original publication, Space and Place has not only established the discipline of human geography, but it has proven influ...
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Jan 04, 2010
Mike
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This is basically a geography professor's philosophy of geography. Yi-FU Tuan analyzes how we perceive and experience ("the experiential perspective") space, distance, and time, and how we acsribe personal meanings to certain spaces.. therefore making them places. If what i'm saying seems vague or way out there, this is basically the same way the book flows, except its not that difficult to understand.
A lot of the work isn't very empirical in it's sourcing, but logically sound. More...
A lot of the work isn't very empirical in it's sourcing, but logically sound. More...
Feb 03, 2012
Ricardo
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I am currently rereading this, after having read it years ago. I like it more this time around. I had remembered some rather dry social sciences type writing, but this time I'm finding it more readable. It's certainly stimulating. Tuan moves from theme to theme in the discussion of space and place, covering a variety of possibilities. Sometimes, however, I wish he'd linger rather than free-associate to the next topic.
Jul 05, 2010
heather
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Once upon a time, a snarky scrappy little girl liked to geek out on theory. She forgot about that when she grew up and lived in the land of practical applications, as she beat character-action agreement into her subjects. While uncharacteristically cleaning out her bookshelves, she came across a stash of books on folklore and place theory.
"I forgot about topophilia!" she cried. "Huzzah! I now have a decent theme to my Lit 100 course! Hooray!" She fixed her More...
"I forgot about topophilia!" she cried. "Huzzah! I now have a decent theme to my Lit 100 course! Hooray!" She fixed her More...
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Jul 14, 2008
Robyn
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I like that this guy spent time in Hawai'i... This book is kind of old and some of the stuff he talks about is like physical human experience which doesn't seem useful for me. And I also am weirded out by some of the anthro-y stuff. But he has stuff on like how people feel about their home, no matter where that home happens to be. I think that will be handy. He also has stuff about like how age influences how you experience places. Seems like that might be useful. Uh... I read this awhile ago...
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Aug 04, 2010
Chris
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One of those books that can bore and fascinate at the same time. Also one that has parts that you have to read over several times. Yi-Fu Tuan was cited in "The Geography of Bliss" several times so I just had to check it out. It's part geography, history, psychology, philosophy, and anthropology. I think I'm going to have to buy this one and read it from time to time. It's a master work on how we as humans deal with space, place, and time. A whole new meaning to Hendrix's "are you
Apr 17, 2008
This suffers from the same problems as a lot of Tuan's work. It's far too reliant on the Eliade/Bachelard/Levi-Strauss school of structuralist reduction, and as a result is unable to stand outside of its own solipsistic sphere. While a lot of what Tuan has to say is really quite valuable, I can't ignore the overwhelming bullshit mysticism.
Feb 04, 2008
Nathan
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On my second read of this book. One of those volumes that illuminates a lot of things you have felt for a long time, but have never been able to put into coherent speech or writing. Instructive and essential for anyone who aligns him or herself strongly with specific spaces and places.
Nov 08, 2010
Erok
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Well, still no less dense than before - what extraordinary usage of language - the man is an architect of English. He draws from so many places, cultures, disciplines. Reminds me of Joseph Campbell.
Dec 15, 2008
Lessabouchard
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Beautiful and useful. Absolutely a must read for any artist today- but perhaps I am biased. I just don't believe that art exists in a vacuum.
Feb 12, 2008
Mikaela
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Thought this would speak more to me than it did, but still worthwhile.
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