The Spaces and Times of Globalization

Place, Scale, Networks, and Positionality

Bibliographic Data

ID3145516
AuthorsEric Sheppard (0000-0002-5299-5586, University of Minnesota, corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume78
Issue3
Pages307
Publication date2002-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEconomic Geography (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0013-0095 • E-ISSN: 1944-8287
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/4140812
OpenAlexW4233051322
LanguageEN
Citations received466
References cited91

Discussions of the spatiality of globalization have largely focused on place-based attributes that fix globalization locally, on globalization as the construction of scale, and on networks as a distinctive feature of contemporary globalization. By contrast, position within the global economy is frequently regarded as anachronistic in a shrinking, networked world. A critical review of how place, scale, and networks are used as metaphors for the spatiality of globalization suggests that space/time still matters. Positionality (position in relational space/time within the global economy) is conceptualized as both shaping and shaped by the trajectories of globalization and as influencing the conditions of possibility of places in a globalizing world. The wormhole is invoked as a way of describing the concrete geographies of positionality and their non-Euclidean relationship to the Earth's surface. The inclusion of positionality challenges the simplicity of pro- and antiglobalization narratives and can change how we think about globalization and devise strategies to alter its trajectory

Anachronism · Cartography · Economic geography · Economic system · Economics · Geography · Globalization · Market economy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance) · Regional science · Scale (ratio) · Sociology · Space (punctuation) · Computer Science · Global Urban Networks and Dynamics · Globalization and Cultural Identity · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Urban Planning and Governance

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