Claude Raffestin's Italian Travels
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4476115 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Minca (0000-0001-6619-6614, The Cultural Geography Chair Group, Wageningen University, Gaia Building, ESP PO Box 47, 6700 A A Wageningen, The Netherlands; also Department of Geography, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX, England, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 142-158 |
| Publication date | 2012-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environment and Planning D Society and Space (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0263-7758 • E-ISSN: 1472-3433 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1068/d5011 |
| OpenAlex | W2079813664 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 22 |
This paper is focused on the contribution that French Swiss geographer Claude Raffestin has made to Italian geography studies and, more generally, on his role in linking Italian geography to social theory and philosophy. It also explores the adoption of, and the engagement with, his ideas by a select group of Italian geographers during the last three decades or so. The first part of this paper claims that one reason for such an influence is Raffestin's capacity to be often conceptually 'ahead of time' and to his extraordinary capacity to present his theoretical approach in a very accessible way. While reflecting on how his concepts of 'territory' and 'territoriality', together with his speculation on the relationship between semiotics, power, and space, left a deep mark on the ways in which the discipline is practised in Italy today, the paper also shows how and why other aspects of Raffestin's work were less received. The second part of this paper is thus focused on four key 'intersections' of people, concepts, events, etc in which Raffestin's specific contribution to the Italian intellectual scene became particularly remarkable. The conclusion, while restating that any clear cultural mapping of Raffestin's 'Italian travels' is, perhaps, an operation doomed to failure (if anything, because of the complexity of his diverse interventions), at the same time highlights how his work has been and continues today to be of extraordinary relevance for Italian geographers and for their practice
Dimension (graph theory · Economic geography · Epistemology · Geographer · Geography · Linguistics · Political science · Power (physics · Relevance (law · Social science · Sociology · Speculation · Territoriality · Cultural Identity and Heritage · Historical Geography and Geographical Thought · History, Culture, and Diplomacy · Law · Philosophy
Human territoriality
Nature et culture du lieu touristique
Territorialité
Place and region
Place and region
Lost geographers
Territoriality
Region and place
Land, terrain, territory
Thinking territory politically
Thinking through Territoriality
Reading Claude Raffestin
Entente Territorial
Space, Territory, and Territoriality
From mosaic to network
Thinking Territory Historically
Elements for a Theory of the Frontier
Tradition, modernité, territorialité
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,43 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2017 (6) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |