Is it possible to get away from the distinction between physical space and lived space, where the former is conceived as material, objective, and measurable, and the latter is conceived as historical, subjective, and symbolic? In other words, is it possible to get out of the division of labour between physical geography and human geography? Such a proposition is different from wanting to ‘reconcile’ or ‘bring together’ the two branches of geography. In this response to Stuart Elden’s (2021) article, ‘Terrain, Politics, History’, my proposal is that a distinction must be made elsewhere between terrestrial space – which does not mean physical – and extraterrestrial space – which does not mean subjective.

是否有可能摆脱物理空间和居住空间之间的区别，前者被认为是物质，客观和可衡量的，而后者则被认为是历史的，主观的和象征性的？换句话说，是否有可能摆脱自然地理和人文地理之间的分工？这种主张不同于希望“调和”或“融合”地理的两个分支。在对斯图尔特·埃尔登（Stuart Elden）（2021）的文章“地形，政治，历史”的回应中，我的建议是，必须在别处区分陆地空间（这并不意味着物理空间）和外星空间（这并不意味着主观空间）。