Space and Territory
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ScribdTranslationsI- Concept of space:
In the space of the analysis, there were numerous significant interpretations. It is about the extension.
What matter exists, from the part occupied by an observable object or from the capacity of it
Earth or this place. Clearly, space is not the place, but it is broader than it. Space
there is a gathering of places.
Space as a geographical concept is not a zone, a place, or a region of the world.
"territory". It is defined by the shape (type and structure of the "distances", organization, value
of the links) that relate to the places, whether for an individual, for a group,
or for some geographical entities. Outside of this simple position, there exist at least 3
unknownframegeographical space: objective space; social space; subjective space. And it
There are 4 elements of its deficiency space:
The subject: concrete and material dimensions = physical geography
The mind that attributes to it a significant = symbolic space
The space co-constructed by your perception = cognitive space
The social groups that it organizes and transforms = social productivity of space.
1 The Object Space
The set of points of a position is defined by three coordinates, it is the surface of the earth.
(plane or curve) according to 3 dimensions = length, width, height
2 The social space
Social behaviors depend not on the spaces in which they occur but on forms.
of the organization of society. Thus, social space is a framework of a social system. The relationships between people-
spaces do not stop at their material dimension (extent, perimeter, surface) but are also inscribed
in a social space related to the organization of social structures.
3 The Subjective Space
4 different modalities that must be taken into account in the definition of the subjective geographical space.
3.1 Product Space
Design landscapes, communication paths, constructions.... These are the choices of development.
the environment of a company in relation to its cultural and economic characteristics,
Techniques. Indeed, it is the socio-spatial system of a society.
3.2 Perceived and represented space: the relationship with perceptionssocial representations: forms,
make it occupy, organize it
3.3 Living space and lived space
Who translates the passage from the concrete practice and knowledge of terrestrial space to its representation?
age soiimagiiatoi.
o Living space: area of spatial practices of individuals,it is the portion of space where
the individual carries out his activities.
Lived space: encompasses 3 dimensions: set of frequented places + social relations
+ granted values. It resembles social and spatial structures that attach to the individual.
I'm environmental territorial
4 Space and territory
Hi, the space object = concrete and material elements (place)
Social space = social relations and spatial organization (social and spatial relationships)
The subjective space: represented and experienced (social representations and subject relations of the individual
socialized in the concrete space
Three composite elements allow to deconstruct the notion of territory
II- Concept of territory:
The use of the word 'territory' has largely prevailed in recent years over those of 'space' and '
environment; The word "territory" appears both in the general title of several themes and research.
This involves the choice of several questions regarding the implementation. The use of the term
orient the treatment towards the analysis of humanized, occupied, appropriated, managed, and arranged terrestrial spaces
through social groups, organized at several levels of scale.
You latiterritory, territory (of a city or a state), derived from terra, land, soil.
A territory is a piece of land occupied by a human group or that belongs to one.autorité (Etat,
province, cityjuryidictoi, collectvité territoributetc.) Example: the territoryiatoial.
The territorial identity takes into account the geographic space as well as the political realities.
economic, social, and cultural. It includes the existence of borders, for political territory or
administration, or boundaries of natural territory. The term territory is used in geography
humanities and politics, but also other human sciences such as sociology. It is generally
associated with the secondary housing unit considered; the process of deterritorialization is
practices on organization, management, administration, amendment, and appropriation
by the social group of the space in which he/she lives and acts.
The territory is an appropriation that is both economic, ideological, and political (social, therefore) of space by
groups that present a particular representation of themselves, their history, and their uniqueness.
Guy Di Méo - The territories of everyday life, 1996, p.401
And there are 4 additional meanings:
Concrete experience of space that conditions our relationships with others, insertion into a reference social group =
collective belonging (to be from somewhere)
Mode of cutting and controlling space = reproduction of the groups that occupy it, political dimension (and multi
scalar: Europe, State, local authorities....
A symbolic dimension through its layout: monuments, heritage, emblem, 'visible forms' of
space = collective memory ("unify from within and differentiate from the outside")2)
A historical dimension: the importance of time in the construction of space and the traces of the past remain always.
in the present.
1 The distinction between space and territory:
We can conclude that territorializing a space: a process by which a society and social actors multiply the
places, install them in concrete and symbolic networks.
The difference between place and territory is a difference of scale and geographical readability, the territory encompasses places.
1
the dictionary of politicshtp://www.tsoupie.org/Dictoiiaire/Territoire.htm
2
Halbwachs, 1950
Space is defined by the geographer's perspective as a portion of the earth's surface, while territory implies a
appropriation of space by the society that occupies it. The notion of territory thus takes into account not only the space
geographical but also the political, economic, social, and cultural realities.
For Georgia Kourtessi-Philippakis:
The territory bears witness to an appropriation that is both economic, ideological, and political of the space by groups.
humans who create a particular representation of themselves, their history, their uniqueness. The territory is
an emotional and cultural investment that societies place in their living space. The territory is learned, defended,
it invents itself and reinvents itself. It is a place of rootedness, it is at the heart of identity