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The philosopher Michel de Certeau characterised space as ‘the practice of place’,
Will Self argues that, in order to appreciate the places we inhabit, we have to indulge in 'that most unfashionable and unproductive of things: abide".
'To be in a place', he writes, 'is not to be distracted by the possibility of other places, but absorbed by the particularity of the one you're in.'
Producer: Adele Armstrong
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The philosopher Michel de Certeau characterised space as ‘the practice of place’,
Will Self argues that, in order to appreciate the places we inhabit, we have to indulge in 'that most unfashionable and unproductive of things: abide".
'To be in a place', he writes, 'is not to be distracted by the possibility of other places, but absorbed by the particularity of the one you're in.'
Producer: Adele Armstrong
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