ThirdspaceDifferent

Londons…With thanks to Richard Bustin

Images: Sally and Alan Parkinson unless otherwise stated

FIRSTSPACEThe Physical

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This can be mapped and measured….

SECONDSPACE

The ‘imagined’

environment – how a place is

perceived

How the city is sold, marketed, imagined….

THIRDSPACE

The reality of living in a

place…

The ‘lived’ experience, mediated by expectations from the Secondspace and personal circumstances

FIRSTSPACEThe Physical

built environment

FIRSTSPACEThe Physical

built environment

SECONDSPACEThe ‘imagined’ environment – how a place is

perceived

FIRSTSPACEThe Physical

built environment

SECONDSPACEThe ‘imagined’ environment – how a place is

perceived

THIRDSPACEThe reality of

living in a place…

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Which space ?

Consider the ‘experience’ of London these people would have:

-A Japanese student researching London for a project on cities-A homeless person who has been living on the streets for 2 years-A student from Finland studying at a University in London-A primary school student visiting the Science Museum on a school trip-A shop worker in Covent Garden-A driver on the Underground, working on the Central Line-A pensioner living in sheltered accommodation in Camden-An MP, whose constituency is in Cornwall, but has a 2nd home in the city-A young single parent living in a high-rise block close to St. Pancras-A journalist working for a London-based media company-A commuter living in Hitchin who travels in to work each week day-An unemployed young woman with little disposable income-A wealthy Canadian visiting his family in the city for the first time

For more reading…http://londonist.com2010/04have_you_seen_these_chalked_up_symb.php

http://geography.org.uk/journals/journals.asp?articleID=817