In the week of his 90th Birthday, I spoke to Yi Fu Tuan, a Chinese scholar and philosopher. He invented the phrase ‘humanist geography’ as a way to explore "how geography reveals the quality of awareness’. He writes about the contradictions of space and place as the necessary tension of the human experience for both freedom and security..... for movement and pause. With simple personal stories and observations, we are led us into his world.
01/24/21 • 28 min
WHEREING: A Podcast about Belonging and Design - YI FU TUAN: A SENSE OF DIRECTION
Transcript
Yi Fu:
“I mean, I liked them. They have made my life pleasant, but somehow all of it, they seem indifferent. Okay. You could be gone. We're going to be here, and so there’s the sudden awareness that ultimately one doesn't matter at all, not even to one's furniture.”
Nina:
I’m Nina Freedman. And this is WHEREING. WHEREING explores where we are. It is dedicated to those who believe in the inherent right of belonging and all the ways we feel we belong and connec
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