ABSTRACT
This chapter has covered a lot of ground, moving from an emphasis on the changing importance of place in a 'globalizing' world, through existential and phenomenological theory to a detailed consideration of the concepts of place and landscape in humanistic geography. Humanistic geographers have been largely responsible for opening up new dimensions of geographical enquiry which focus on subjective human experiences of, and encounters with, the world. The concept of place is central to humanistic understandings of geography: human attachment to 'home' is of great significance to the relationships between people and 'their' places. 'Place' is to be thought of as referring simultaneously to geographical location and social status it is a socio-spatial concept. Landscape is a significant concept in humanistic geography, visual experience of landscape an essential part of being in the world. Creative writing and landscape-painting can be used to communicate the author's or painter's experiences of place in the creation of a sense of genius loci.
