Proximity,subjectivity, and space: Rethinking distance in human geography |
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| Institution: | 1. School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, UNSW, NSW 2052, Australia;2. Asia-Pacific Natural Hazards and Disaster Risk Research Group, The School of Geosciences, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia;1. Geography, School of Social Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee DD1 4HN, UK;2. Public Health and Intelligence Division, NHS National Services Scotland, Glasgow G2 6QE, UK |
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| Abstract: | This paper critically reviews the current status of the concept of distance in human geography in order to argue that recent experimentally-driven work in construal-level theory offers ample opportunities for recasting distance as a key geographical trope. After analysing the four entangled dimensions of distance revealed by construal-level theory (spatial distance; temporal distance; social distance; and hypothetical distance), the paper articulates this research program from experimental psychology with geographical work on non-representational theory, geographical imaginations/imaginative geographies, learning as a geographical process, TimeSpace theorising, and ontogenetic understandings of space. It is argued that the subjective understanding of distance afforded by construal-level theory can rescue distance from its entrenched association with positivistic geography and spatial analysis. |
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| Keywords: | Construal-level theory Distance Human geography Subjectivity TimeSpace Imaginative geographies |
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