Torsten Hägerstrand and Christiaan van Paassen's Neighbourly Path, Project and Diorama

This paper examines the influence of Christiaan van Paassen's (1917–1996) thinking on the development of time geography. It does so by examining van Paassen's and Torsten Hägerstrand's intertwined lives and friendship through a time‐geographic lens. By understanding their neighbourly...

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Published in:Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie 2023-07, Vol.114 (3), p.187-200
Main Author: Meeteren, Michiel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Geography
history of geography
humanistic geography
time geography
Utrecht School
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Summary:This paper examines the influence of Christiaan van Paassen's (1917–1996) thinking on the development of time geography. It does so by examining van Paassen's and Torsten Hägerstrand's intertwined lives and friendship through a time‐geographic lens. By understanding their neighbourly path through time–space, their shared project to develop a modern geographical discipline becomes visible. Their shared diorama refers to van Paassen's insistence, adopted by Hägerstrand, that such a project would need to be premised on existentialist principles that accommodate meaning‐making and context. Christiaan van Paassen's geographical pyramid.
ISSN:0040-747X
1467-9663
DOI:10.1111/tesg.12566