A Summary Version of Place and Placelessness DOCX

Title	A Summary Version of Place and Placelessness
Author	Edward Relph
Pages	25
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1 A Summary Version of Place and Placelessness Introductory Explanatory Comments It occurred to me recently that a summary of my book Place and Placelessness, which was published in 1976 and was one of the first academic discussions about place, might be of value to those following me on Academia wh...

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A Summary Version of Place and Placelessness Introductory Explanatory Comments It occurred to me recently that a summary of my book Place and Placelessness, which was published in 1976 and was one of the first academic discussions about place, might be of value to those following me on Academia who are not directly familiar with it. Although it has been widely referenced, and is still in print (currently with Sage, who took over from the original publisher, Pion, in 2015), I understand that it is not always easy to find a copy. What I provide here is an unadorned précis of Place and Placelessness, chapter by chapter. I have added a few phrases to clarify the context (for instance, at the beginning of Chapter 1). I have omitted the photos, illustrations, supporting quotations, and references in the original. Chapter titles and numbers are identical to those in Place and Placelessness. Underlined phrases correspond to section headings. I have retained the English forms of spelling that were in the original book. It is now approaching fifty years since Place and Placelessness was published and there have been many social, technological and conceptual developments that qualify the arguments I made in it. My intention is to post on Academia in the near fuure an original essay that considers how the ideas expressed then need to be updated to reflect changes in how ways places are made and experienced, which include heritage preservation, placemaking, mass air travel and tourism, and electronic media. Since the 1970s place has become a subject of enquiry in many different academic disciplines (geography, philosophy, psychology, sociology, literature, anthropology and neuroscience) and from a variety of perspectives. In due course I will post a separate original essay that reviews what I believe to be the most important of these perspectives. _______________________________________________ 1...