Linking between Space and Place

Jordan Ashby 

Image One: Space and Place - Design for the Urban Landscape 

There are many links between that and how the internet changes our relationship to space and place. The internet has gained major attraction throughout the times and is endlessly changing. But how is it changing the way we view our relationships to space and place? Space and place together define the nature of geography (Antoine De Saint Exupery, 1939).  Places are also used for awaking certain feelings like comfort, security, belonging, being anchored, self-expression, and freedom to be oneself (Smaldone et al., 2005). As times have changed so have the advances of internet and the way we do use internet. The internet allows us to expand the imagination and reflect on the experiences of the real world.  Besides the way we use internet the way for speech in space and place really is an extreme power tool. “Malicious speech has the power to destroy a place’s reputation and thereby its visibility” (Tuan,1991). It’s astonishing the ways of power and how you can use power to an advantage or possibly a disadvantage.

Like explained previously in the blogs Instagram is my social media domain that I am having changing views upon. With Instagram, it’s a physical realm where people get the opportunity to persuade or dissolution your viewers. Which is changing the relationship you have with them. The prospects of space and place within Instagram can vary depending on the image you want to portray. The experiences that everyday people have compared to famous people mean that the images you can view will have increasing differences. You are most likely portrayed badly when in the spotlight unless you watch what you are depicting to the limelight. It’s a lot harder to show your true self that’s why it’s easy to dissolution your viewers and change the way they view you. The internet is a major power tool and Instagram is one relationship to space and place.

Furthermore, this relationship that we have with space and place is what keeps the internet roaming and the world turning. No matter whether we use imagination, speech or power it’s definitely a tool for the better and allows for change. Although there can be disadvantages with using the internet as times have changed people who don’t or have the access to it miss out a lot. It’s understood that Instagram can allow for a different portrayal towards yourself which allows for the viewers of your page to either have a real or fake relationship with you. That’s why the importance of space and place within relationships is a necessity.

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