Inhabiting from a geographical science perspective
This essay intends to consider what could be the characteristics, problems and perspectives of a geographical science based upon a well-knit yet multi-dimensional concept of inhabiting. We will single out three targets of analysis: inhabited space, the inhabitant, and cohabitation; in addition, their interconnectedness as regards the dynamics of their habitation relationship will be considered. The existential and political dimensions of such an approach become apparent in this manner. Above and beyond these considerations, the eventuality of a fundamental structuring of individual and social topography comes into play, one that involves inhabited non-geographic spaces, which are, however, constructed and rendered understandable using ideas common to inhabited geographical spaces. And all this leads us back to examining the limits of the concept and of this geographical science itself.