Explore The Links Between Thinking Responsibly And Thinking Geographically

Explore The Links Between Thinking Responsibly And Thinking Geographically

Explore the links between thinking responsibly and thinking geographically by drawing on ideas and examples from both Block 2 and 3

‘Geographical thinking forces us to make connections with other parts of the world, and with earlier worlds. It also compels us to examine the weaving together of the human and non-human worlds, and recognise that this interweaving will often produce unexpected outcomes and surprises’, (Barnet, Brook et al, p11). There are many concepts and theories at the centre of what it is to think geographically, scale and connection, proximity and distance, space and place, absence and presence, globalisation…This essay will explore some of these ideas that are related to thinking geographically and further highlight and discuss some of the demands that are linked to thinking responsibly, and how these two concept are related to each other.

Proximity and distance is one example of geographical thinking, a sense of closeness and distance, either socially or imagined. Proximity, can be characterised to ‘the different ways in which people, events, things mad phenomena can be close together’, (Barnet, Robinson et al, p8). Proximity and distance allows us to understand how of coming together and separation can exist in the same context of space and time. People and places are drawn together or kept at a distance through the different orders of globalisation, through proximity and distance feelings of belonging over distance can be expressed.
Territory and flow is another aspect of when thinking geographically. Territory, consists of relationships of different flows, giving us a sense of belonging, in a local and global setting,   defining whats ‘inside’; and whats ‘outside’. Thinking through territories and flows helps us to build up a sense of the different forces that come together to make and remake the world,’ (Clark, p13), and further allows us as individuals or as collective groups to explore the changing structure of our commitment to...