Emotion is what interconnects us. Elements for a relational approach of emotional phenomena and of socio-spatial dynamics
Seeking to understand the mechanisms of affective bonds to places, we have designed and implemented a survey of residents in the metropolitan area of Tours (France). Coupling narrative method and mapping, the investigation conducted has revealed the importance of the affective dimension in the spatial organization of societies. In that way, we have been able to show how individuals and social groups, through space, manage the distance to others and to themselves, how they operate and they take place in a network of sites and links emotionally invested. However, this research has not only contributed to a critique of rationalism and illustrated the weight of emotions in the attitudes and behaviors of social actors. The understanding that we have drawn of emotional phenomena has also revealed the dynamic and complex nature of space valuation, calling therefore a careful approach to relation and their changes over time and situations.