Spatializing the Factory
Studying Place, Space, and Scale at the Point of Production in Bulgaria, India, and Turkey
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11212015 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nicola Pizzolato (0000-0002-3618-5188, Middlesex University, corresponding author), Nico Pizzolato |
| Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 1-6 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Labor and Working-Class History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0147-5479 • E-ISSN: 1471-6445 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0147547924000358 |
| OpenAlex | W4406184657 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
How do spatial approaches and the methodological lexicon of space, place, and scale contribute to understanding the industrial workplace?And how does a "spatializing" perspective intersect with traditional foci in the study of the workplace, such as industrial relations, the labor process, or state labor law and policy?Taking a cue from the seminal work of Henri Lefebvre, Michel Foucault, Michel de Certeau, Doreen Massey, Edward Soja, David Harvey, and others, the humanities have explored the way space is understood as a social construct as well as a geographical location.The so-called spatial turn in history has either been heralded for introducing a new methodological understanding of space to understand societies and cultures, or problematized for the epistemological confusion created by a plethora of terms-space, place, spatiality, location-that at times seem divorced from their material bearings. 1Yet both space-understood as an abstract, general concept that refers to the physical and social environments in which events occur-and place-understood as space that has been imbued with human meaning, identity, and emotional attachment-have an important role to play in explaining the politics of labor and the politics of production at different scales. 2 The recent books of G rkem Akg z, Dimitra Kofti, and Christian Strmpell all prove this point by incorporating different methodological dimensions of space and
Business · Cartography · Economics · Factory (object-oriented programming · Geography · Point (geometry · Production (economics · Scale (ratio · Space (punctuation) · Computer Science · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Mathematics · Urbanization and City Planning
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |