firstspace means space as it is directly perceived by the senses. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.
Why “firstspace” is a great word
FIRSTSPACE — [Noun] The material, physically perceived, and directly experienced dimension of space. Coined by geographer E.W. Soja from the English words 'first' and 'space'. Unlike "secondspace" (the conceived territory of maps and models) or "thirdspace" (the hybrid, lived reality transcending that binary), firstspace is the foundational, tangible world before interpretation. It is the coarse grit of the sidewalk underfoot, the unyielding geometry of a brick wall, and the sheer, indifferent volume of an empty room—the mute and irreducible stage upon which all dramas of thought are performed.
Etymology
Coined by E.W. Soja as first + space
noun
- Space as it is directly perceived by the senses.“Although there is an epistemology to the study of Firstspace, it is in Secondspace that epistemological discourse receives the greatest attention. In the long history of geographic thought, Secondspace approaches have been turned to most often when mainstream Firstspace approaches have become too rigidly materialist and "scientistic," as with the various critiques that emerged in response to the e”