Awan, N. and Langley, P. (2013) Mapping migrant territories as topological deformations of space. Space and Culture, 16 (2). 229 - 245.
Abstract
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.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2013. Sage Publications. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Space and Culture. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | territories; topological deformations; spheres; mapping; walking; artificial neural networks |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Architecture (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 07 May 2014 13:16 |
Last Modified: | 07 May 2014 13:16 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1206331213475746 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Refereed: | No |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1206331213475746 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:78622 |