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Ever since the Greeks learned that by manipulating the human voice, they could sing space into being (see E. V. Walter, Placeways: A Theory of the Human Environment, 1988, pp 120-121), Europeans have increasingly used language to create and extend their power and will over space. Throughout modern history, with techniques such as cinema increasingly at their disposal, Europeans have consecutively employed ever more complex languages, in conjunction with power and knowledge, to conjure up, capture, and occupy many real and mediated exotic spaces.