The Intelligence of Place : Topographies and Poetics

"Place has become a widespread concept in contemporary work in the humanities, creative arts, and social sciences. Yet in spite of its centrality, place remains a concept more often deployed than interrogated, and there are relatively few works that focus directly on the concept of place as such. The Intelligence of Place fills this gap, providing an exploration of place from various perspectives, encompassing anthropology, architecture, geography, media, philosophy, and the arts, and as it stands in relation to a range of other concepts. Drawing together many of the key thinkers currently writing on the topic, The Intelligence of Place offers a unique point of entry into the contemporary thinking of place into its topographies and poetics providing new insights into a concept crucial to understanding our world and ourselves."--Bloomsbury Publishing. Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction - The Intelligence of Place -- 1. Place and a Kind of Sentience - These Trees in Particular -- 2. Place and Limit -- 3. Place and Edge -- 4. Place and Loss -- 5. Place and Histories - Writing Other People's Memories -- 6. Place and Singularity -- 7. Place and Its Mediated Re-Placements -- 8. Place and Atmosphere -- 9. Place and Architectural Space -- 10. Place and Connection -- 11. Place and Sensory Composition -- 12. Place and Formulation -- Bibliography -- Index