Firstspace

From Geography

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Assignment 4: Firstspace

First space is a concept by Edward Soja. The work of Soja is an interpretation of the work of Henri Lefebvre (The Production of Space, datum). What Soja calls first space is in line with what Lefebvre identifies as spatial practice (Lefebvre, datum). The First space is a physical space. It is our way of being able to reproduce that physical space. It is a material, visible and measurable determination to space.

The firstspace perspective as said, is focused on the material world. The secondspace perspective interprets this reality through imagined representations of spatiality, which are combined to form the Thirdspace. This is a creative recombination and extension of the first two perspectives (E. Soja, datum..).

Soja’s Trialectics of spatiality: [include picture]

The Trialectics of spatiality

http://www.kompost.me/104larevue/EN/oeuvres/soja_westphal/thirdspace_chap2.pdf

Firstspace is the perceived space, it is a perception of the material world around us. The Secondspace is the concieved space and the Thirdspace is the lived space.