It’s interesting because ‘place’ is probably most commonly referred to as being physical. A physical or geographical place where things occur and humans use for their own reasons and in their own ways. Humans or any other living thing.

Honestly, when I think of place I think of a mind set. Where someone is at in their life, essentially what place they are in. It’s an interesting concept and term to fully understand.

Tim Cresswell (2015) suggests that the study of place benefits from an interdisciplinary approach rather than just being geographical. The reading was interesting to explore as it put my understanding of place into perspective.

Space as a different concept is more abstract, and refers more to the physical area of something. Spaces occur within a place. So in terms of a park, would the place be the park as a whole and the space be dimension of the air, trees, grass, playground and people within it?

“Place is not just a thing in the world but a way of understanding the world.”

“Place as ‘things’ are quite obscure and hard to grasp”

“Place is a way of seeing, knowing, and understanding the world.”

“…we see different things.”

• Here suggesting that place reaches past just physical areas and can be related to state of mind, interpretation and perspective.