GGRB02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Marjorie Grene
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Place was contributed by yi fu tuan. Place was influenced by architecture, anthropology, phenomenological sociology. Combining the sense position w/in society w/ the sense of & and spatial location that comes from living in it. Spatial geography relies on place related experiences: definition. Place has two meanings: one"s position in society and spatial location. The study of location belongs to geography. Marjorie grene- that the primary meaning of place" is one"s position in society rather than the more abstract understanding of location in space. People are defined first by their positions in society and their characteristic life styles follow: meaning of place. You realize a sense of place only when you look at it with a broad view. A scene may be of a place but the scene itself is not a place. It lacks stability: it is in the nature of a scene to shift with every change of perspective: types of place.
