Mapping Migrant Territories as Topological Deformations of Space

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ID8109544
AuthorsNishat Awan (0000-0002-5306-5057, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK, corresponding author), Phil Langley (University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK)
Year2013
Volume16
Issue2
Pages229-245
Publication date2013-04-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSpace and Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1206-3312 • E-ISSN: 1552-8308
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1206331213475746
OpenAlexW2149260607
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited9

Our research uses the concept of “territories” to describe the production of migrant space. The article describes a project based in London where the everyday practice of walking is used to map migrant territories, which are conceptualized as dispersed and overlapping, causing topological deformations to the actual lived space. We interrogate these deformations through focusing on the micro-scale and the everyday, mapping them as “scapes” and “spheres.” Using specific computational techniques, we transform the original walks into an architectural tool for investigating the fluctuations and flows of the contemporary city. In doing so, we approach territories from two distinct angles: from the geopolitical perspective of territories seen as the product of the interplay of politics, power, and space and from the biological perspective of territories seen as the primal need of all animals, including humans, for space and a certain distinction from their environment and from others

Cartography · Economic geography · Epistemology · Everyday life · Geography · Geometry · Geopolitics · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Product (mathematics · Scale (ratio · Sociology · Topology (electrical circuits · Computer Science · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Mathematics · Public Spaces through Art · Spatial and Cultural Studies · Artificial Intelligence

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