In the past fortnight, there has been a concerted effort to defend the image of Paris in the face of Fox News’s assertions that Paris is a dangerous city with ‘no-go zones’ were Sharia Law (read: lawlessness) reigns. Evidently, this is quite an exxageration. Representation and Urban Poetics The importance of language in representing Paris…
Tag: affective geography
Palais de l’Élysée and Ambiguity of Affect ( emotional geographies 8)
With Syria in the news and an international response taking shape, one cannot be blamed for forgetting about France. How relevant is France in a world where the US is still very much the dominant military superpower? Yet, France has had a much greater global status in the past than it enjoys right now. Palais…
Interstitial Affective Zones: Paris, Centre Georges Pompidou (emotive geographies 7)
In between-ness, conflicting emotions, divided points of view, also form an important part of our experience of place. The emotions that spaces around us produce are at times not as clearcut as positive and negative – and this has certainly been the case for this blogger in navigating and trying to discover London and Paris….
Drive and Desire: London (emotive geographies 6)
If Paris is a pleasure inducing sight in the early hours of the morning, London (for me) is less overpowering but rather more enticing. The phrase ‘London is calling’ captures the feeling of seeing London take shape and come to life in the early hours of the morning: I often take a morning run or…
Emotive geography (3): Rue Notre Dame des Champs
A life spent with friends, and family, and familiar faces often unfolds for this blogger on Rue Notre dame des Champs. The sound of the name evokes particualr feelings of belonging, acceptance, being welcomed, warmth. A simple look at the street would not suggest this, necessarily. particularly on the more moody nights when it is…
‘Emotive’ Geography (1) : London, Millenium Bridge and St. Paul’s
The places that we live, the world around us, is continuously drawing out different emotional responses: peace, contentment, inspiration, anger, security .. and insecurity, and different psychological dispositions: willpower, pride, confidence or the opposite. I’ve been thinking about how different parts of Paris and London evoke particular emotional responses and how they affect – positively…
Anon's Paris 