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CONFIGURATIONS OF THE TERRITORIALITY - Coggle Diagram
CONFIGURATIONS OF THE TERRITORIALITY
Configuration
result of the process of territorialization
3 types
Environment
configuration of territory, the set of things that are important for global society
way in which human activity, society interacts with social and natural elements
way through which society sees, studies, acts on nature
effect of territorialization of nature based on human activity
Place
studies the change of a limited part of space in relation between individuals and society
we study the relation between individuals, society and a particular space
Landscape
> relationship between human and natural elements, that we use to understand and realize the characteristics of a context
Environment in cultural geography
not only nature
not a synonym of physical geography
not coincident with biodiversity, pollution, degradation
complex interdependent relations between
societies
(but also social groups and individuals) and
physical
,
chemical
and
biotic components
> a social nature
it includes landscapes, quality of life, spaces/spaces of life, resources
idea of protection/conservation > maybe a western invention (the Industrial revolution, our way to understand nature, not for people who live in another continent, for example in Amazonia)
a
social object
, integrating social data and phenomena
a hybrid product with a
spatial
and
temporal dimension
> natural and social elements interact and produce different types of environments
it underlines the
heritage
: natural (non-renewable resources) or linked to the anthropisation (agriculture, production)
every environment transformed by societies (different degrees, different consequences not only negative)
relations man/nature
: the environment is given, perceived, lived, experienced
data aren't objective
: linked to a spatio-temporal contexts, to economic and technological conditions, to esthetic standards, to the culture, to perception, to political interests/pressure
the environment is
political
: actors, dynamics, situations, conflicts
Environment/nature
nature: a set of phenomena, knowledge, discourses and practices, derived from a process of selective incorporation of physical and biological processes by a society >
nature is a social construction
conversation of nature
is a western idea exported with colonization > discourse of development and progress, sustainable development and ecotourism
my impact on nature needs to stop in a determinate area, so that space must be protected, and this is possible thanks to the development of the capitalistic economy
in territory where there wasn't exploitation, colonizers arrived and destroyed the economy and nature of the locals
Environmental scale of action
there are new actors like NGOs, CSOs, international organizations and other political legitime spaces become crucial besides the national territories > cities, border regions, regions, city-regions, megalopolies
cosmopolitical spaces
represent a new political arena, that is
cosmopolitical geography
including non-human,
for a common world
the environment is an economic and political concern