Both feel their sense of place to be under threat from recent changes in the area and especially by the arrival of other ethnic groups in the neighbourhood. Massey, a global sense of place bodies and structures. Capital is going through a new phase of internationalization, especially in its. In addition, the author reflects on the development of these ideas and outlines her current position on these important issues. Try searching on jstor for other items related to this book.
In this sense, i find doreen masseys work to be particularly productive because she compels us to look at the intermingling and coconstitution of the global and the local. Urban settlement in british columbia expandcollapse global location. Whether youve loved the book or not, if you give your honest and detailed thoughts then people will find new books that are right for them. She was one of the most influential thinkers on the left, and her work on space, place and power has been recognized all over the world. This new book brings together doreen masseya s key writings on three areas central to a range of disciplines. Doreen b massey in these days of global acceleration on the one hand and intensifying local nationalisms on the other, how should we be thinking about space and place. Space, place, and gender has been added to your cart add to cart. A place in the world places, cultures and globalization. In this episode of the social science bites podcast she explains why. Massey date 1994 is part of book title space, place and gender authors doreen b. This framework will serve as point of reference throughout the course. Massey is trying to formulate concepts of space and place time, too in terms of social relations, and further to connect these in proper dialectical fashion.
This new book brings together doreen masseys key writings on three areas central to a range of disciplines. A global sense of place by doreen massey globalization restricted mobility social relations introverted sense of place problems. Massey specialized in marxist geography, feminist geography, and cultural geography, working among other topics as well. Globalization and the politics of place 197 residents. Start studying a global sense of place by doreen massey class notes. Massey used the example of kilburn high road in northwest london to exemplify what she termed a progressive or global sense of place, in the essay a. A global sense of place doreen massey this is an era it is often said when things are speeding up, and spreading out. A global sense of place by doreen massey 1991 t h i n k. A global sense of place was published in 1991 and republished in. Massey is writing in response to what she calls the effects of december 15, 2011 methods. Doreen b massey this volume brings together masseys key writings on space, place and gender. Massey lived for many years in the kilburn area of northwest london and she drew on this for her essay, a global sense of place. The plea from doreen massey for a new conceptualisation of place as open and hybrid rather than rooted and authentic.
The book is organized around the three themes of space, place and gender. A global sense of place from space, place, and gender 1994 doreen massey editors introduction how can we understand the cultural dimensions of globalization from a geographic perspective. The chapters range from studies of the concepts of place employed in debates on uneven regional development and innercity problems to arguments about the relationship between the conceptualization of space place and the social construction of gender relations. A global sense of place the world is increasingly dominated by movement of people, images and information. A field outside of traditional academia where music and place is heavily debated is music journalism. Massey1994 a global sense of place by doreen massey from. An awardwinning seminal book that develops a groundbreaking theory on how changes in media influence everyday social behavior and identity. Places, cultures and globalization shape of the world. Geographer doreen massey wants us to rethink our assumptions about space. In a global sense of place, doreen massey suggests that there are at least two sides to the issue.
My reading of place follows doreen masseys definition of place as inevitably inflected by the global massey 2002, 2004. No sense of place joshua meyrowitz oxford university press. The chapters range from studies of the concepts of place employed in debates on uneven regional development and innercity problems to arguments about the relationship between the conceptualization of spaceplace and the social construction of gender relations. She traces the development of ideas about the social nature of space and place, and the relation of both to issues of. Capital is going through a new phase of internationalization, especially in its financial parts. Flows of people interact with the circulation of commodities and money and people can flow as commodities and of ideas, from the global transmission of expert knowledge e.
Extending her relational thinking, in part as a response to the critique of spatial divisions of labour but also. There are, as we know, many ways of imagining globalization. She traces the development of ideas about the social structure of space and place, and relates these concepts to issues of gender and various debates within feminism. Doreen massey sociology bibliographies in harvard style. Like this article, their book draws on doreen masseys theory of a global sense of place connell and gibson 2003.
She was professor of geography at the open university. This peculiar academic paper a global sense of place by doreen massey taken from space. The book is organized around the three themes of space. Her work has redefined the commonsense understandings in the discipline of key. Doreen massey 1994 a global sense of place this process of globalisation, defined as has accelerated markedly over the last forty years and as a consequence there is now a greater uncertainty of what we mean by place. It is a good book but i feel it served its purpose. Moving with john urry, by mimi sheller theory, culture. It traces the development of ideas about the social nature of space and place and. Finally a framework on sustainable place making, based on a relational approach to place, will be introduced. Disjuncture and difference in the global cultural economy. They vary in terms of their empirical content, in terms of the structures of their conceptualization, in terms of the implicit or explicit periodizations which they envisage, and so forth. When defining place, we use the definition that has been applied by several authors massey, 1994. A global sense of place by doreen massey from space, place and gender. Understanding place as a meetingplace enables us to theorize place as within networks of relations and forms of power that stretch beyond specific places.
Massey, a leading feminist geographer, develops a notion of spatiality as the product of intersecting social. Doreen massey ben anderson for the future to be open, space must be open too. Places, cultures and globalization shape of the world massey, doreen, jess, pat on. It is the environmental equivalent of saying somebody has a strong personality. The world is increasingly dominated by movement of people, images and information. It traces the development of ideas about the social nature of space and place and the. Doreen massey examines the nature of mobility in the era of globalisation and what this means for our sense of place t his is an era it is often said when things are speeding up, and spreading out. Harveys idea was rooted in karl marxs theory of the annihilation of time and space. Doreen massey was fiercely committed to the open university and was appointed professor of geography in 1982. And this in turn allows a sense of place which is extroverted, which includes a consciousness of its links with the wider world, which integrates in a positive way the global and the local doreen massey, a global sense of place, from space, place and gender. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Massey argues that the idea that places have a single essential identity based on a bounded history of a. On the one hand, the speed at which people, ideas, and commodities flow might seem to make.
The phrase sense of place is often used to refer to the quality that makes somewhere distinctive. Published simultaneously in 1994 in the united states by. A theory of uneven geographical development david harvey. The author argues that george marcuss solution to the problem above is limited and instead suggests to redefine the concept of ethnographic site by adopting doreen masseys global sense of place. For example, robert fulford and john sewell wrote a short book about toronto in 1971 titled a sense of time and place which was liberally illustrated with photographs. Massey, a leading feminist geographer, develops a notion of spatiality as the product of intersecting social relations. She walked the reader along kilburn high road, the main thoroughfare, describing shops, people, signs and graffiti. Globalisation sociology bibliographies cite this for me. Doreen massey, emeritus professor of geography at the open university, and one of the major figures in twentiethcentury geography, passed away suddenly on march 11, 2016, at the age of 72. Doreen massey, geography, place, political, venezuela. Massey is writing in response to what she calls the effects of timespace compression the simultaneous spreading out and concentration of space and time on our notions.
Doreen massey sociology bibliographies cite this for me. This is an era it is often said when things are speeding up, and spreading out. Place, massey asserts, is not simply a geographic location with a. Timespace compression also known as spacetime compression and timespace distanciation, articulated in 1989 by geographer david harvey in the condition of postmodernity, refers to any phenomenon that alters the qualities of and relationship between space and time.
Fisher make a case for how spatial theories of power, capital, and inequality can inform our understanding of appalachia and offer avenues for progressive change. Transition edited by doreen massey and john allen and published by. Lessons from appalachia university of illinois press, 2012, barbara ellen smith and stephen l. Their accounts suggest a narrative of loss and decline. Massey date 1994 publisher polity pub place cambridge isbn10 0745612350 isbn 9780745612355, 9780745612362. Timespace compression and the postmodern condition 1999 routledge new york. Tim cresswell, reading a global sense of place, centre for. Through exploring doreen masseys analysis of spacetime compression, its controllers and victims a better understanding can be reached about what she calls a global sense of place, or a progressive sense of place. Our local sense of place must recognize the global context in which all places are situated. A global sense of place by doreen massey class notes. Second, there was a wideranging engagement with the theorization of place. What we need, it seems to me, is a global sense of the local, a global sense of place massey 1994, 156.
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