Phenomenology is a tool that can be used to describe the interaction between the human body and objects within its current reference frame of circulation. The term can be broken up into two Ancient Greek words, phainomenon and logos.13 Phenomenon embodies that which is given in the cosmos and allows for multiple interpretations. It corresponds to the tangible environmental stimuli that can be grasped by human consciousness and is described by Heidegger as “that which shows itself as it is in itself.”14 Phenomenon also relates to that which is intangible to human consciousness, but still exists as meaning in the spatial environment. Heidegger describes this as “that which appears as other than it is in itself.” Thusly, phenomenon delineates all observable information in nature able to be extracted by an individual. The term logos on the other hand, refers to the subjective and objective logical judgment of the Subject.15 It involves the explicit disclosing or “bringing to light of something as it shows itself of itself.”16 The acquisition and interpretation of the observable information of phenomenon becomes Logos. Acquisition refers to the Subject’s method of obtaining environmental stimuli through: Sensation, perception, conception, imagination, and representation.17 These stages of aquisition become the basis for the decision making process that goes into the self-formulation of an individual’s projected promenade. Acquisition of environmental stimuli through a spatial series entails the further investigation of a Subject in order to proceed. Each component of the experiential process directly informs the next. The cultural landscape that shapes the representation of the local contextual situation not only affects the Subject’s process of phenomenal acquisition, but is also influenced by it as well. The Subject’s experience enables him to act on the landscape, therefore changing its dynamic meaning. The fact that culture can influence the stages of acquisition raises to question whether the projected promenade may result from a biased and predetermined interpretation that prevents the Subject from projecting their own consciousness onto the landscape.
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