The concept of agency in contemporary geographic reflection. Is it a step towards the narrative of agency of place?

Kotus, Jacek

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Title: The concept of agency in contemporary geographic reflection. Is it a step towards the narrative of agency of place?

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The study addresses two current issues in social geography: the modern reflection on the topic of agency and the possibility of introducing the notion of place agency. When discussing human-environment relations, geographers more often use the terms more-than-human or non-human beings and focus on the animal and plant worlds. However, the symmetrical or mutual relationship between humans and the natural environment can be linked to a question arises about the wider scope of the notion of place agency and understanding the phenomenon of place as an entity acting on its own rights.

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