Moving Spaces and Places: Interdisciplinary Essays on Transformative Movements through Space, Place, and Time

Moving Spaces and Places explores how movement transforms spaces and places, illustrating how the physical act of moving and the psychological experience of movement are interwoven. The book showcases cross-disciplinary contributions from culture, art, pedagogy, geography, architecture, and city planning, revealing the diversity of the study of movement in relation to space and place.

Format: Hardback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 09 August 2022
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited

Moving Spaces and Places delves into the profound transformative power of movement, exploring how it shapes and reshapes our perception of spaces and places, imbuing them with meaning. This interdisciplinary collection, brought together by aesthetics, artistic practices, embodied and participatory research approaches, showcases the intricate interplay between physical movement and psychological experiences. Spanning the domains of culture, art, pedagogy, geography, architecture, and city planning, the chapters unveil the diverse perspectives on movement in relation to space and place, serving as a catalyst for motion, a psychological act of agency, and a means to reflect, instantiate, and reconcile relationships between individuals, spaces, and places.

At its core, this multi-layered exploration of movement embraces temporal, physical, and psychological transformations, appealing to a wide range of readers, including architectural practitioners, urban planners, activists, artists, and geographers. By unraveling the complexities of movement, Moving Spaces and Places offers valuable insights into the ways in which we can design and inhabit spaces that foster connection, creativity, and well-being.

Weight: 436g
Dimension: 160 x 238 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781800712270