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The concept of agency in contemporary geographic reflection. Is it a step towards the narrative of agency of place?

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: The study addresses two current issues in social geography: the modern reflection on the topic of agency and the possibility of introducing the notion of place agency. When discussing human-environment relations, geographers more often use the terms more-than-human or non-human beings and focus on the animal and plant worlds. However, the symmetrical or mutual relationship between humans and the natural environment can be linked to a question arises about the wider scope of the notion of place agency and understanding the phenomenon of place as an entity acting on its own rights.

Source: Geographia Polonica

DOI: 10.7163/gpol.0229

Author: Jacek Kotus

Institutions: Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, The University of Texas at Austin

Language: English

Topic: Historical Geography and Geographical Thought

Subfield: Geography, Planning and Development

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Narodowa Agencja Wymiany Akademickiej

Award: G7837126114