[Air-l] Space and Place

[Charles Hendricksen]

As a geographer I must put my oar into this pond.  On of the more 
pervasive meanings of space is *context*, for example cultural.  In the 
experienced world our reality is a set of superimposed spaces: academe, 
queer space, the dark nation, kid space, etc.  As we move about the 
physical world we may have no knowledge of how important a place is in 
different spaces.

Cyberspace is the physical world seen through the eyes of those who 
communicate on the internet.  Cyberspace has holes in it: places not 
served by the internet.  Cyberspace has regions served by Wi-Fi 
networks.  Cyberspace has places or nodes where communication channels 
converge.

Mapping is another term that is related to space.  One speaks of a 
mapping of one phenomenon over the space of another.  The space may be 
physical or conceptual.

Martin Dodge has been the leader in defining the geographies of 
cyberspace.  See 
http://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/casa/martin/geography_of_cyberspace.html

-- 
  Charlie Hendricksen, PhD
  Research Collaboration Architect

"Information technology structures human relationships."

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