Abstract
This article brings together research on territoriality and actor-network theory in order to develop new ways of investigating the role of materiality and material design in the territorial power relations of urban public places. Using the public square as a main example, I suggest some new ways of conceptualizing the production and stabilization of territories in the everyday urban environment. Setting out from a brief outline of the history of territoriality research, I re-appropriate the traditional approaches from the viewpoint of actants rather than persons or institutions, suggesting a distinction between four different forms of territorial production. I then go on to conceptualize some material ways of stabilizing the effects of these territorial productions. Finally, I argue that public space can be seen as constituted by a territorial complexity, thus pointing to the relationship between materiality and public space, via territorial stabilization and production.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 437-453 |
Journal | Space and Culture |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Bibliographical note
The information about affiliations in this record was updated in December 2015.The record was previously connected to the following departments: Building Functions Analysis (011037000)
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Building Technologies
Free keywords
- ANT
- materiality
- architectural theory
- everyday life
- territoriality
- public space
- urban design