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dc.contributor.authorStenner, Paul
dc.contributor.authorChurch, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorBhatti, Mark
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-02T12:58:04Z
dc.date.available2021-11-02T12:58:04Z
dc.date.issued2012-01-31
dc.identifier.citationStenner P, Church A, Bhatti M (2012) 'Human-landscape relations and the occupation of space: experiencing and expressing domestic gardens', Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 44 (7), pp.1712-1727.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0308-518X
dc.identifier.doi10.1068/a44378
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10547/625163
dc.description.abstractA consideration of occupation and space is outlined to advance nonrepresentational thinking about human—landscape relations. Empirical findings are presented from a research project based on data from the Mass Observation Archive relevant to gardens and gardening. These data are analysed to explore how ‘ordinary’ people (who have contributed to this Archive) express and experience issues concerning their home gardens. Our analysis suggests four distinct modes of occupation relevant to the ways in which these lay writers describe their garden and gardening experiences and activities. The naturalistic mode is occupied with the garden as expressive of ‘nature’; the nostalgic mode is occupied with memory and self-reflection; the pragmatic mode concerns tasks/activities that constitute the routine practices of gardening; and the mimetic mode is occupied with the interpersonal dynamics and processes of human social activity. The analysis is situated in the theoretical context of some recent developments in nonrepresentational theory. We suggest that our approach and data are compatible with the process-orientation of nonrepresentational thinkers, and that—contrary to certain objectivist tendencies within nonrepresentational theorising—this approach does not need to neglect the importance of issues of subjectivity and experience, and the relevance of textual data. We aim to lend empirical substance to recent theoretical and philosophical discussions on space, and speculations about why the home garden appears to be so important to many people.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1068/a44378en_US
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dc.subjectlandscapeen_US
dc.subjectnonrepresentational theoryen_US
dc.subjectdomestic gardensen_US
dc.subjectoccupationen_US
dc.subjectmass observationen_US
dc.subjectnarrativeen_US
dc.subjectsubjectivityen_US
dc.titleHuman-landscape relations and the occupation of space: experiencing and expressing domestic gardensen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.eissn1472-3409
dc.contributor.departmentOpen Universityen_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of Brightonen_US
dc.identifier.journalEnvironment and Planning A: Economy and Spaceen_US
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