Space and Place
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This paper examines two features of Kant’s 1768 critique of Leibniz’ conception of space. Firstly, Leibniz’ proposed geometrical calculus called ‘analysis situs’; secondly, Leibniz’ relational conception of space. The main thesis of the... more
My paper addresses the founding body emotions of architecture, and in particular it aims at redefining the sublime into phenomenological terms. Starting from Kant, it argues that the phenomenological sublime is a bodily-felt emotion... more
My article examines the relationship between space, class and gender using wealthy golf clubs in contemporary Mexico City as a case study. I argue that these clubs are strategic sites where economic elites naturalize the arbitrary logic... more
In this chapter I explore key passages of Paradise Lost and the Principia, revealing a strong and comparable link between epistemology and the presentation of space in both of these texts, particularly regarding the question of relativity... more
"Andreas Philippopoulos-Mihalopoulos opens the book with his latest contribution to his comprehensive project of re-theorising spatial justice with a piece titled ‘Spatial Justice in a World of Violence’. Through a close reading of the... more
Geography presents interesting and intricate trade-offs between empirical data and demands, on the one hand, and deep philosophical issues (from ontology to political philosophy), on the other. What is a geographic entity? What is the... more
In June 2005, a four-man SEAL team was dropped off by he li cop ter in the mountains of eastern Af ghan i stan with the mission to kill an insurgent commander. They were in the rugged, forested terrain of the Hindu Kush near the border... more
A tout instant, quoi que nous fassions, nous sommes environnés par des corps qui réduisent l’espace et opposent de la résistance. Que sont ces corps qui saturent notre quotidien et avec lesquels il nous faut constamment négocier l’espace... more
(for English scroll below) Si la bibliographie portant sur le motif des ruines dans le domaine pictural et littéraire s’avère pléthorique, il s’agit plus rarement d’étudier la présence et la valeur des ruines comme décor de films.... more
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2019) 39 (2): 313–327 The article, based on two years of fieldwork, examines the meaning of displacement for Palestinian citizens of Israel who live in Jaffa. Specifically,... more
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In this chapter, I draw on Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy to explore environmental embodiment—the various lived ways, sensorily and motility-wise, that the body in its pre-reflective perceptual presence engages and synchronizes with the world... more
Introduction to Spatial Literary Studies, a special issue of *Reconstruction* 14.3 (2014).
Reading Bonaventure is not easy -just ask Martin Luther. Although the German reformer had great admiration for Bonaventure, evident in his claim «Bonaventura inter scholasticos doctores optimus est» 1 , Luther nevertheless struggled with... more
Psalm 48 consists of two layers, a basic pre-exilic layer (vv. 2-7, 9, 13-14a, 15) and a redactional exilic layer (vv. 8, 10-12, 14b). Analyzed with the heuristic categories of spatial theory by H. Lefebvre (perceived space, conceived... more
From his initial writings on imagination and memory, to his recent studies of the glance and the edge, the work of American philosopher Edward S. Casey continues to shape 20th-century philosophy. In this first study dedicated to his rich... more
A meditation on loitering as praxis in Tarell McCraney + Barry Jenkins' Moonlight--and beyond.
This study examines the complex relation between spatial experience and aesthetic experience. It is argued that spatial experience specifically in the context of everyday spaces makes it possible to experience them aesthetically as well.... more
This article examines the conception of the everyday city as presented in the work of architect Christopher Alexander and architectural theorist Bill Hillier: Both thinkers suggest that, in the past, lively urban places arose... more
Küreselleşme bütün ülkeleri etkisi altına alan, çok boyutlu yapısı nedeniyle varlığı kolaylıkla gözlemlenebilen bir olgudur. Küreselleşmenin kültürel boyutu ise küreselleşmenin, toplumlar üzerindeki belirgin etkilerini ortaya çıkaran... more
I describe Various modes of perceiving the divine as residing within spiritual time and place, or as itself being time and place, and suggest the relationship between these supernal forms of time and place and earthly time and place. This... more
Mimari fenomenoloji, Modern mimarlığın kartezyen ve soyut mekân algısına karşı, tasarımı ‘yer’e özgü, olarak yeniden yorumlamanın yollarını arar. Bu çalışma, ODTÜ yerleşkesi ve Mimarlık Fakültesi yapısı üzerinden, ‘yer’ kavramını... more
Complete place visioning is an idea of designing active places in the city space. It is important part of urban design so as to act in accordance with inhabitants' needs and provide vivid and socially desired places. In the paper there is... more
Touching impermanence describes the experiential moment in an art encounter when one senses the enchanted reality of one's interconnections wit the sentient matterflow of existence. All matter in existence is constantly vibrating,... more
Salt domes are geological features that occur when areas of salt deposits are pressured into layers above them, causing dome shaped distortions in horizontal strata. In some instances, the distortions protrude above flat areas of land or... more
Atlanta, in this article I explore the practices and strategies of religious territorialization associated with the politics of diaspora. A focus on the manifold ways of enacting and performing diasporic religious identities enables one... more
This book takes a comparative approach to contemporary Irish and Spanish cinema in order to examine the ways in which the films produced have been marked by Ireland and Spain’s distinctive encounters with modernity. In successive... more
Revelation opens with a declaration of location: the author, imprisoned on the island of Patmos (1:9), receives elaborate visions for the church. Whereas this experience of imprisonment as a generative background for these visions has... more
Do bodies create a city? Do minds create a city? How does movement shape geography? How does fragility alter architecture? This ekphrastic piece was created inside a structured movement improvisation. I invented a city, in the tradition... more
Ethnographic narratives are like New Englanders giving directions. From the Writer's Workshop Series on Savage Minds.
Call for Presentations: Sport is a key space for controversies and issues over access and power. It is a key space for the construction of identity, belonging and community, a place for meaning-making. Every year sports events are hosted... more
Through a reading of the novel Middlesex (Jeffrey Eugenides, 2002), this paper aims at facing the queer body in relation to private and public spaces, as these arise as contrasting but complementary places for the definition and... more
With the end of World War II, Australians turned to rebuilding their nation, placing the perceived educational and social needs of children at the forefront of their efforts. Urban planners aimed to protect children from the potential... more
Τον Ιούλιο του 2008 μια πυρκαγιά που ξέσπασε στην θεσσαλική έξοδο της κοιλάδας των Τεμπών, δυτικά της ιστορικής κοινότητας των Αμπελακίων επεκτάθηκε πολύ γρήγορα χάρη στον ισχυρό βόρειο άνεμο και κατέκαψε την κοινοτική περιοχή της... more
Debate entre las perspectivas espaciales de Lefebvrey Farinelli sobre la construcción de la ciudad
Seminario Reapropiaciones de Lefebvre. Crítica, Espacio y Sociedad Urbana
Seminario Reapropiaciones de Lefebvre. Crítica, Espacio y Sociedad Urbana
The book is now public access. Built in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, India’s Mughal monuments—including majestic forts, mosques, palaces, and tombs, such as the Taj Mahal—are world renowned for their grandeur and association... more
Two contemporary US writers offer us narratives that defy conventional visions of space, time, gender and ethnicity, through their fictional memoirs. Sandra Cisneros’ Caramelo and Jeffrey Eugenides’ Middlesex, published in the same year,... more