The place and space actually transform bilaterally. The place which has a clear geographically boundary is limited and concrete, and can be determined by the dead objects. However, once mobile activities, experience or history relate to the place or dead objects, the space is formed. In another word, the dynamic narration makes a place spatial. There are different periods of history and various experiences within a space, and each of them seems to fragment the space, but actually, they facilitate the formation of special vibe, ideology and culture of a space. Thus, the personality and cognition of people in the corresponding space are influenced by the general environment; meanwhile, the activities of people are like the tours which keep inheriting and modifying the map which can be regarded as the of the interior and exterior view of a city, replenishing the elements of the space and further contribute to society.
I appreciate that you further expand the discussion of place and space based on our third tutorial and De Certeau’s text. It is great that you understand these two concepts through the lens of dynamic spatial practice and even see its subversive power for the pr-existing spatial order. Besides, Yifu Tuan’s interpretation of space and place may provide new access to these two concepts: “Place is security, space is freedom: we are all attached to one and long for the other.”