‘….. but what interests me of all these emplacements are certain ones that have the curious property of being connected to all other emplacements, but in such a way that they suspend, neutralise, or reverse the set of relations that are designated, reflected or represented by them’
In this essay, I argue that heterotopian sites do not sit in isolation as reservoirs of freedom or resistance; they coexist, combine and connect with other spaces. They are not stable entities; they are contingent qualities. In this sense, the concept of heterotopia is more a strategic point of view, or a method of analysis that is fundamentally relational.
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A few interesting recent moves:
Andriotis, K. (2010) ‘Heterotopic Erotic Oases – The Public Nude Beach Experience’. Annals of Tourism Research, 37:4 1076-1096.
Davis, T. (2010) ‘Third Spaces or Heterotopias? Recreating and Negotiating Migrant Identity Using Online Spaces’, Sociology 44: 4 661-677.
Frances, S. (2010) ‘Borges and New Media: Connections Via Heterotopic spaces’, The University of Texas at Arlington (Thesis) .1488243.
Hetherington, K. (2011) ‘Foucault, the Museum and the Diagram’, The Sociological Review, 59:3 457-475.
MacRae, C. (2011) ‘Making Payton’s Rocket: Heterotopia and Lines of Flight’. International Journal of Art & Design Education, 30: 102–112.
Vitellone, N. (2010) ‘Just another night in the shooting gallery? The syringe, space and affect’ Environment and Planning D 28: 5 867-880.
Zembylas, M. and Ferrreira, A. (2009) ‘Identity formation and affective spaces in conflict-ridden societies: inventing heterotopic possibilities, Journal of Peace Education 6 (1) 1-18.
A few more diverse movements that have been pointed out to me and about to be added to the bibliography (no particular order):
Guidi, J. (2011) ‘The Other Side of the Panopticon: Technology, Archives, and the Difficulty of Seeing Victorian Heterotopias’. Journal of the Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science. 1 (3)
Handlykken, A. K. (2011) ‘Digital Cities in the making: exploring perceptions of space, agency of actors and heterotopia’ Ciberlegenda. Issue: 25
Vermeulen, J. (2011) ‘The bridge as playground: Organizing sport in public space. Culture & Organization. 17 (3) 231-251
Webster, C.W.R.; Klauser, F.R.; Töpfer, E.; Raab, C.D.; Wagenaar, and P; Boersma, K. (2012) ‘Zooming in on ‘heterotopia’: CCTV-operator practices at Schiphol Airport’. Information Polity: The International Journal of Government & Democracy in the Information Age.17 (1) 7-20.
Mendel, M. (2011) ‘Heterotopias of Homelessness: Citizenship on the Margins’. Studies in Philosophy & Education. 30 (2) 155-168.
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Nichols, R. (2010) ‘Postcolonial Studies and the Discourse of Foucault: Survey of a Field of Problematization’.Foucault Studies. 9 111-144.
McLeod, M. (1996) ‘Other Spaces and ‘”Others”’ in The Sex of Architecture. Eds. D. Agrest,
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