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The Geographies of Heterotopia

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ID5697166
AuthorsPeter Johnson (0000-0002-7921-2297, Bath Spa University, corresponding author)
Year2013
Volume7
Issue11
Pages790-803
Publication date2013-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueGeography Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1749-8198 • E-ISSN: 1749-8198
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/gec3.12079
OpenAlexW1566652706
LanguageEN
Citations received115
References cited62

This article explores the ongoing fascination with Foucault's brief and rather sketchy idea of heterotopia. Drawing out some key lessons from the most sustained interpretations of this curious spatio-temporal concept, it addresses weaknesses and potential contradictions and goes on to highlight trends and emerging themes in studies that incorporate the notion. The article argues that although the uses of Foucault's accounts of heterotopia are bewilderingly diverse, heterotopias are most productively understood in the context of Foucault's insistence on 'making difference' and their adoption as a tool of analysis to illuminate the multifaceted features of cultural and social spaces and to invent new ones

Epistemology · Michel foucault · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Law · Night-time city culture · Philosophy · Spatial and Cultural Studies

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