The multi-dimensionality of space - an analytical framework for the empirical investigation of the production of place

Abstract: The spatial-conceptual basis of the construction of place across the social sciences, including in human geography (and particularly in the field of area studies), has long been questioned and criticised for its strong grip on territorial and container-like thinking on spatiality. Alternative spatial dimensions, such as scale, place and networks, have been put forward by a range of authors. Building on these critical perspectives, this article proposes rethinking ‘spatial bias’, or what we would call the ‘one-dimensional framing of space’, and combining the most promising perspectives on spatial construction in a multi-dimensional analytical framework, in order to synergise their individual strengths instead of playing off one against another. The framework, considered a heuristic tool for empirical analysis, combines the categories of space as place, territory, network, positionality and mobility from a relational, actor-centred and translocal perspective. Operationalised for the .... https://www.erdkunde.uni-bonn.de/article/view/2857

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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
The multi-dimensionality of space - an analytical framework for the empirical investigation of the production of place ; volume:73 ; number:2 ; year:2019
Erdkunde ; 73, Heft 2 (2019)

Creator
Alff, Henryk
Benz, Andreas

DOI
10.3112/erdkunde.2019.02.03
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2410281741486.767485524049
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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