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A Pin on the Map: Identifying Healthy Places at Maynooth University

October 26, 2016 · by · in Art and Geography, Cultural geography, Health Geography, Human geography, Ireland, MA in Geography, Maynooth geography, Medical geography, Meet the department, NUIM geographers, Student resources · Leave a comment

  Walking down a path lined with greens and browns of trees and leaves; sitting in a comfy seat, snug and cozy in our space; or sitting in a crowded room feeling uncomfortable, distracted, or alone. These experiences and others revolve around the feelings of places–how we come to love some places, feel an attachment […]

Placelessness

April 1, 2010 · by · in Human geography, Migration · Leave a comment

Can someone be placeless? Is there such a thing as placelessness? Is placelessness a virtue? From a recent New York Times article: “There is a modern myth that globalization is new. But the world has integrated before, disintegrated in war, and integrated fitfully again […] What is arguably new is the influence of the placeless […]