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Entangled phenomenologies: Reassessing (post-)phenomenology’s promise for human geography (2021)
Journal Article
Hepach, M. G. (2021). Entangled phenomenologies: Reassessing (post-)phenomenology’s promise for human geography. Progress in Human Geography, 45(5), 1278-1294. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132520987308

This article calls into question recent attempts to move beyond, to ‘post’ phenomenology by highlighting the continued relevance of key phenomenological concepts (intentionality and correlationism) for human geography. I show how these concepts are p... Read More about Entangled phenomenologies: Reassessing (post-)phenomenology’s promise for human geography.

Ephemeral climates: Plato's geographic myths and the phenomenological nature of climate and its changes (2022)
Journal Article
Hepach, M. G. (2022). Ephemeral climates: Plato's geographic myths and the phenomenological nature of climate and its changes. Journal of Historical Geography, 78, 139-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2022.04.003

Historical and cultural approaches to climate generally consider climate to be a stabilising concept between weather and culture. Different historical and cultural concepts of climate signify different ways of learning to live with the weather. Howev... Read More about Ephemeral climates: Plato's geographic myths and the phenomenological nature of climate and its changes.

Sensing weather and climate: Phenomenological and ethnographic approaches (2023)
Journal Article
Hepach, M. G., & Lüder, C. (2023). Sensing weather and climate: Phenomenological and ethnographic approaches. Environment and Planning F, 2(3), 350-368. https://doi.org/10.1177/26349825231163144

In light of the increasing tendency to view extreme weather events as experiences of climate change, we revisit how weather and climate are measured and experienced, contributing to an ongoing dialogue on the atmospheric between phenomenology, media... Read More about Sensing weather and climate: Phenomenological and ethnographic approaches.