…causes. The word itself’ combines the idea of solace (as associated with the comfort and security of home) and the Greek root –algia, meaning pain or suffering. It was conceived…

…that complement rather than undermine phenomenological thought about place. There are growing indications that “place cells” and “grid cells” – the neurons in our brains that react to specific locations…

…a good thing. It implies that place, no matter how it is understood, is about coherence, order and comprehensible meaning. One obvious way of resolving placeless uncertainty, metaphorical or otherwise,…

…opposite end of the spectrum poor nomads, like many rich nomads, experience places in passing, but on the ground, on foot or by whatever inexpensive means can be found. Their…

…they live in. One soon comes back and tells him: “I can’t do this. I don’t know where to start.” Pirsig suggests writing about the main street. Back comes the…

…City Mayors, an online forum for mayors of cities around the world, gives an indication of rhizomatic processes that are growing out of countless places around the world and which…

This post is a summary of some ways place has been discussed in literary criticism that may have relevance for a broader understanding of place experience. Though it refers to…

…stabilize at about 10.9 billion in 2100 as birth and death rates come more or less into balance and the global demographic transition is completed. Two other population projections offer…