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标题：From place to space : a Heideggerian analysis
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作者：Elizabeth Smythe ; Deborah Spence ; Jonathon R. Gray 等
期刊名称：Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology
印刷版ISSN：1445-7377
出版年度：2018
卷号：18
期号：2
页码：1-11
DOI：10.1080/02571862.2018.1538005
语种：English
出版社：s. Editorial by Dr Robert Schweitzer The first edition of a new electronic journal devoted to phenomenology raises two questions: why phenomenology and why the emphasis upon ..
摘要：In this paper, we pay attention to the impact on staff of what was a new place, Ko Awatea, within a large New Zealand hospital. The place became a space from within which a particular mood arose. This paper seeks to capture that mood and its impact. Using a Heideggerian hermeneutic approach, the study reported on drew on data from interviews with 20 staff. Philosophical notions about the nature and mood of place/space are explored. As staff claimed this space, the mood that emerged was of liveliness, buzz and comfort. It became a space where people wanted to be, where they met others, where conversations unfolded, where thinking happened in new ways. Staff places tend to be sacrificed or poorly resourced in resource-tight environments. We argue that creating a space that feels home-like, where staff come, linger and engage in community is a priority for generating the mood and thinking of an organization. Such spaces do not happen by chance; it takes forethought and intentionality. The gift of such space is the thinking that is sparked and grown.