ABSTRACT
The idea that Human Geography is concerned with emotions – or that we can discuss ‘emotional geographies’ – may seem rather surprising. Certainly, geographers have struggled to come to terms with the notion that emotions are central to our experience of spaces and places. This chapter offers a basic introduction to emotional geographies, charting a generalized and partial disciplinary account of the different ways in which geographers have encountered emotions as a focus of study. It also offers some examples of how thinking and writing with attention to emotions can reveal new geographical insights into human-environment relations.
