L’Espace géographique · 1986 · 11 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesGeographyHuman GeographyCultural GeographyRegional GeographySocial GeographyPlace-based InterpretationRegional LandscapesSense Of PlaceSpatial PracticesEveryday Place-makingEveryday Spatial ExperiencePlace CharacterRegional Geography TheorySpatial SemioticsSpatial SignifiersSymbolic GeographySymbolic Place-making
Reading the territory : towards a regional geography aware of our daily life. — This paper deals with a new conception of regional geography integrating behavioural and humanistic approaches. If we want to understand the sense of place and the roots of human practices, we need to be more open to intuition, to the links between signifier and signified and to the symbolics aspects of our daily life.