ABSTRACT
The early cosmologists, such as Michael Scott and Marsilio Ficino, had a vision of a coherent, connected universe: celestial and terrestrial, heaven and earth were part of the same order. Ptolemy's original writings, especially Geography, Almagest and Tetrahiblos, sought to make sense of the universe. The movement of the planets, the geography of the earth and the connections between the two in his astrological work posit a connected world. The doctrine of macrocosm—microcosm assumed a degree of connection between the world and the individual that was subsequently lost in the wake of scientific progress. Space and place are connected to each other and represent contrasting ways of depicting the external world, the environment around us. Space and place are sites of interaction between the political and economic, social and individual, cultural and personal. They constitute active moments in cycles of investment and reinvestment, social interactions, cultural production and consumption.
