Examples of first space

From Geography

An example of first space is the border between The United States of America and Mexico. It is a physical, material space. It is a large fence, whole the way from the East Coast to the West Coast. Whe people see it, they immediately recognise it as the border between the two countries. In most cases, borders are imaginative lines, but in the case of The USA and Mexico, the border between them is material and empirically observable. This is a clear example of first space.

An other example of the first order space is a slum. That is a neighborhood nearby a city where people live in poverty. They live in bad houses and have no proper facilities. Slums are also a physical, material space. This space is built by human beings and it also giving meaning by them. In this material world hang no signs with slum on it. But everybody interpret and recognize this space as a slum because of its physical appearance. So a slum is also material and empirically observable.

• Edited by Frank Simons
• Edited by Lotte den Boogert, 22 october 2012