試以敘事探究初探地方經驗中之「存在空間」

A Preliminary Exploration on Narrative Inquiry with Existential Space for the Place Experience

以人文主義地理學（Humanistic Geography）而言，「存在空間」（existential space）是一主、客體相涉相融之意向性空間，同時亦是一承載、滿盈著「意義」之情感、價值之所。而此一充滿情感、價值及意義之所，就海德格（Martin Heidegger）所言，是「此在」（Dasein）與「在世存有」（being-in-the-world）的狀態展現。而敘事探究（narrative inquiry）是以個人之生命經驗或生命故事，來探究其個人身份、文化認同或生活世界等問題。如此，倘若我們能將其借／藉用至人文主義地理學所闡述之「存在空間」，那麼其應是可以就個人生命經驗或生命故事所發生之脈絡場域，來更豐富人文主義地理學所關注之「存在空間」之多方展現。而如此看待人地之關係，亦是希冀可以豐富地方經驗探究之思維，同時亦開展地方探究新的思考面向。

From a Humanistic Geography perspective, “existential space” refers to the meaning of subject-object intentionality and to the feelings of much more emotional values. Follow Martin Heidegger’s philosophy, this kind of space reveals the human Dasein and the ways of people living being-in-the-world. The methodology, narrative inquiry, describes and illustrates the whole personal life experiences and stories for identifying one’s personal or culture identity and even for the people’s life-world. If we could apply this kind of methodology to the field of Humanistic Geography, we might take care and explore the personal history to look at the deeper connections between man and the land. Further, the purpose of this paper would focus on the issue of place matters as well as contribute to the researches for the new geographical methodology and to have the very deeper concerns about man and the land.