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The social production of space is a concept in the sociology of space which contends that space is neither a thing nor a container, but a product and means of production. Thus, space is produced and constructed socially and a set of human relations. [1] It was pioneered by philosopher Henri Lefebvre in his 1974 book La Production de l'espace. [2]
Henri Lefebvre (/ l ə ˈ f ɛ v r ə / lə-FEV-rə; French: [ɑ̃ʁi ləfɛvʁ]; 16 June 1901 – 29 June 1991) was a French Marxist philosopher and sociologist, best known for furthering the critique of everyday life, for introducing the concepts of the right to the city and the production of social space, and for his work on dialectical materialism, alienation, and criticism of Stalinism ...
Lefebvre sees the societal production of space as a dialectical interaction between three factors, which exist in a kind of trialectics: [14] Spatial practice (perceived space): i.e., perceived physical space; space as reproduced in everyday life. "It embodies a close association, within perceived space, between daily reality (daily routine ...
For Rendell, critical spatial practice is informed by Michel de Certeau’s The Practice of Everyday Life (1980, translated into English in 1984), [2] and Henri Lefebvre’s The Production of Space (1974, translated into English in 1991), [3] as well as the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, [4] but her definition aims to transpose the ...
In-space manufacturing for space (space-for-space) involves activities focused on in-orbit construction intended for use in space. ISM for Earth (space-for-Earth) is the production of new materials and products that exhibit enhanced properties when manufactured in microgravity, subsequently transported back to Earth.
See also geographical space, Henri Lefebvre. The origins of the term are in Rob Shields's 1985 Introduction to a Précis of Henri Lefebvre's La Production de l'espace. [2] where social spatialization is proposed as an English translation of Henri Lefebvre's French term "l'espace".
It is the product of planning laws, political decisions and urban change over time. Secondspace is conceptual space- how that space is conceived in the minds of the people who inhabit it. It is a product of marketing strategies, (re-)imaging and social norms that determine how people might act or behave in that space.
Space conceived as an ongoing, dynamic process contrasts with the traditional view that space is a static (pre-existing) background to the social processes under study, which had previously prevailed in sociology. In the field of urban research, Löw is widely known for a new approach to analyzing the “intrinsic logic of cities”. This logic ...