Monday, September 21, 2009

Is it Possible to Map Emotions?


(image: Tokyo- Anne-Marie 2007)

Word: Emotion- A state of mental agitation or disturbance (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 2. Emotion).  

Term: Geographer- “Geographers study the spatial and temporal distribution of phenomena, processes and features as well as the interaction of humans and their environment.  As space and place affect a variety of topics such as economics, health, climate, plants, and animals, geography is highly interdisciplinary” (What is Environmental Geography, Anyway?, Hayes-Bohanan, James). 

Book: Geopolitics of Emotion: How Cultures of Fear Humiliation, and Hope are reshaping the World by Dominque Moisi

“Is it possible to see actual patterns of behavior that help explain what is happening on the world stage?...Such a mapping involves bringing together elements as diverse as surveys of public opinion (how people feel about themselves, their present, and their future), the statement of political leaders, and cultural productions such as movies, plays, and books” (16, Moisi).

“Architecture is particularly significant, for it reflects the way a society dedicates itself in space at a given time” (16, Moisi).

"Conflicts about land, security, prosperity and sovereignty can also be charged with emotion" (17, Moisi). 

 

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