Human Agency and Human Geography Revisited: A Critique of 'New Models' of the Self

Pile, Steve

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“…Werlen's (1993) threefold subjective, physical and social spaces and Pile's (1993Pile's ( , 2013 real, imaginary and symbolic spaces, these approaches being most effective when seen through the lens of spatialities, i.e. a framework which links the different spaces (Keith & Pile, 1993;MacKian, 2000).…”

Section: Theorising Experiences Of Bereavement Grief and Mourningmentioning

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Mapping grief. A conceptual framework for understanding the spatial dimensions of bereavement, mourning and remembrance

Maddrell

2015

Social & Cultural Geography

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This paper highlights the significance of the spatial dimensions of the universal human phenomena of bereavement. Grief, mourning and remembrance are experienced in and mapped upon (i) physical spaces, including the public and private arenas of everyday life; (ii) the embodied-psychological spaces of the interdependent and co-producing body-mind and (iii) the virtual spaces of digital technology, religious-spiritual beliefs and non-place-based community. Culturally inflected, dynamic emotional-affective maps of grief can be identified, as a form of deep-mapping, which reflect the ways in which relationality to particular spaces and places is inflected by bereavement, mourning and remembrance. Individual's emotional-affective cartographies can intersect, overlap, or conflict with, others' maps, with social and political consequences. The conceptual framework outlined here is illustrated by a schematic representation of grief maps. This framework provides geographical scholars with a lens on the dynamic assemblage of self-body-place-society that constitutes culturally inflected individual and shared everyday grief maps, providing insight to relational spaces, emotional-affective geographies and therapeutic environments. The reflexive identification of such maps represents a potential resource for the bereaved and their therapeutic counsellors, facilitating the identification of places which evoke anguish or comfort etc. and which might be deemed emotionally 'safe' or 'unsafe' at particular junctures.Keywords: Death; bereavement; relational-space; emotional-affective; corporeal virtual Cartographier le chagrin. Cadre conceptuel pour comprendre les dimensions spatiales de la perte, du deuil et du souvenir Cet article souligne l'importance des dimensions spatiales du phénomène humain universel du deuil. On peut faire l'expérience de la perte, du deuil et du souvenir et les cartographier dans (i) les espaces physiques, comprenant les cercles publics et privés de la vie quotidienne; (ii) les espaces incarnés psychologiques du corps et de l'esprit interdépendants et coproducteurs et (iii) les espaces virtuels de la technologie numérique, les croyances religieuses-spirituelles et la communauté, en dehors de l'espace physique. On peut identifier des cartes du deuil à inflexion culturelle, qui ont une dynamique émotionnelle-affective, sous forme de cartographie en profondeur, qui reflètent les manières dont la relation à des espaces particuliers ou des endroits est influencée par la perte, le deuil et le souvenir. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. Social & Cultural Geography, 2016 Vol. 17, No. 2, 166-188, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2015 fournit aux chercheurs en géographie un object...

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Section: Theorising Experiences Of Bereavement Grief and Mourningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mapping grief. A conceptual framework for understanding the spatial dimensions of bereavement, mourning and remembrance

Maddrell

2015

Social & Cultural Geography

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“…Critical Social Theory in human geography [17] helps understand the social, economic, and political determinants for marginalization and provides an analytical framework through which we can explore different levels of participation and practices to address exclusion and marginalization. Social theory is concerned with revealing and explaining concrete processes of everyday life and is by nature an interdisciplinary approach.…”

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The Story of My Face: How Environmental Stewards Perceive Stigmatization (Re)produced By Discourse

Gutberlet

Jayme

2010

Sustainability

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Abstract:The story of my face intertwines concepts of social semiotics and discourse analysis to explore how a simple type of printed media (flyer) can generate stigmatization of informal recyclers, known as binners in Western Canada. Every day, media exposes humans to signifiers (e.g., words, photographs, cartoons) that appear to be trivial but influence how we perceive their meaning. Amongst the signifiers frequently found in the media, the word "scavengers", has been used to refer to autonomous recyclers. Specific discourse has the potential to promote and perpetuate discrimination against the individuals who deal with selective collection of recyclables and decrease the value of their work. Their work is valuable because it generates income for recyclers, recovers resources and improves overall environmental health. In this context, the present qualitative study draws on data collected with binners during research conducted in the city of Victoria, in British Columbia. First we analyze a dialogue between binners from a participatory video workshop, to explore their perceptions of the stigma they suffer. Second we use a flyer produced by the local government alerting against scavenging to illustrate how the content (i.e., structural organization [text and images] in which they are embedded work together to mediate stigmatization against recyclers. Third, we analyze videotaped data from a panel discussion with local government, the local community, and binners on inclusive waste management, to uncover different negative perceptions of binners. In our study we look at the official discourse that marginalizes informal recyclers and creates social injustices. We illustrate how the recyclers perceive stigma and suggest that marginalization OPEN ACCESS

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“…Si du travail reste à faire là-dessus, il n'en reste pas moins qu'un rôle actantiel autorise le lieu à intervenir dans un récit qui se déploierait soit comme pratique mémorielle, soit comme pratique projectuelle, soit comme pratique relationnelle, et en l'occurrence pouvant migrer de l'une à l'autre. Il me semble qu'une partie non négligeable des études qu'on a l'habitude d'appeler « géographie de la perception », évoque des problématiques de ce type-Il me semble aussi que toute une thématique du soi, que les géographes abordent selon des approches de type sociologique ou psychologique, pourrait être utilement reconfigurée à travers des analyses qui approfondissent le statut narratif du lieu (Pile, 1993). Il me semble aussi qu'il faudrait suivre avec attention la piste du récit comme earthing (Wilkinson, 1998), c'est-à-dire comme un parcours d'identification en rapport avec la « terre », qui non seulement génère l'être humain et en forme la personnalité, mais aussi oriente ses actes tout lui conférant du sens.…”

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Sociotopies : institutions géographiques de la subjectivité

Turco¹

2005

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L'univers flou de la postmodernité est confronté aux processus d'institutionnalisation. Les expressions de la personne s'enracinent dans les mouvements collectifs. L'identité, quant à elle, est certes au coeur d'une problématique du sujet, mais elle se situe aussi au sein d'enjeux sociaux. Cet essai ancre la réflexion au croisement de ces multiples interrogations, en mettant l'accent, en particulier, sur un ethos de la subjectivité qui, s'il représente, d'un côté, une réponse à la désagrégation des identités collectives, constitue, de l'autre, une ressource essentielle pour leur reconstitution. Finalement, c'est par le concept de sociotopie que nous tenterons de montrer la nature intimement territoriale des dynamiques évoquées.The postmodern fuzzy universe is confronted with institutionary processes. Personal behaviour is rooted in collective movements. Identity is at the heart of the problematic of the subject, but it also defines itself in relation to social issues. This paper focuses on these various strands, stressing in particular the ethos of subjectivity, which is both an answer to the disintegration of collective identities and the focal resource for their rebuilding. Finally, the idea of sociotopia underlies the attempt to demonstrate the intimately territorial nature of these dynamics

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Human Agency and Human Geography Revisited: A Critique of 'New Models' of the Self

Cited by 68 publications

References 31 publications

Mapping grief. A conceptual framework for understanding the spatial dimensions of bereavement, mourning and remembrance

Mapping grief. A conceptual framework for understanding the spatial dimensions of bereavement, mourning and remembrance

The Story of My Face: How Environmental Stewards Perceive Stigmatization (Re)produced By Discourse

Sociotopies : institutions géographiques de la subjectivité

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