The synthesis of theoretical connection of being, space, and everyday life
Keywords:
being, space, everyday life, retired japanese, theoretical connectionAbstract
This paper aims to synthesize the research of Wanchat Danhongmangkorn, titled “Being, space, and spatial practice: exploring through the space in everyday life of retired Japanese long stay in the city of Chiang Mai”. There are two objectives of this paper: (1) to expand the boundaries and link the research to two theories including the Phenomenology by Martin Heidegger and the Production of the Space by Henri Lefebvre, especially on the issue of “being” leading to search, identify and expand how the constitution of ‘being’ can be changed and, (2) to elaborate the definition and meaning of “space”, especially in the concept of “space in everyday life” because it can be regarded as the main theoretical framework through which Wanchat used for identifying, documenting, and explaining such a direct experience he found during the field survey. This synthesizing paper is to help clarifying Wanchat’s theoretical analysis in his research, “being, space, and spatial practice”.
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