Monday, November 28, 2011

Mapping Everyday: Misunderstandings


While reading Mapping Everyday it was easy to get lost, or just read without actually understanding. After reading this article the first time I didn't really understand the majority of it, however this is the type of article that you have to read, think, reread to really understand what is being said. That being said, there were many parts of the article that I did not understand at first, however this quote is the one that stuck with me through the second rereading:
For theorists of the spatial, recognition of this set of forces is essential. In
Production of Space,
examining one’s lived experiences and possibilities. He defines representations
of space as “conceptualized space, the space of scientists, planners, urbanists,
technocratic subdividers and social engineers, as of a certain type of artist with a
scientific bent—all of whom identify what is lived and what is perceived with what
is conceived” (38).
After thinking about this for a while, I think the quote is meant to show that the conceptual space, similar to physical space will be completely taken up and used. This is only my opinion that I formed from context clues and a little bit of imagination. Hopefully this wasn't too far off from the actual meaning though.

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