Amory Starr, Luis Fernandez, and Christian Scholl
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814740996
- eISBN:
- 9780814738351
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814740996.003.0002
- Subject:
- Sociology, Politics, Social Movements and Social Change
This chapter advances a systematic approach for the analysis of the governance of space. It introduces central concepts for the study of spatial interactions, and draws on recent innovations in ...
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This chapter advances a systematic approach for the analysis of the governance of space. It introduces central concepts for the study of spatial interactions, and draws on recent innovations in social geography, political theory, and philosophy in order to flesh out this systematic approach. The control of the flow of bodies and the incapacitation of movement are revealed as the central objectives of the governance of space. Various tools are available for the spatial control of dissent: the selection of the location and the remapping of the spatial surrounding, tools for dividing space, tools for controlling movement, and tools for separating protesters from one another. The chapter highlights the preemptive character of control which deflects, redirects, and interrupts assembly and the transnationalization of tools for governing space.Less
This chapter advances a systematic approach for the analysis of the governance of space. It introduces central concepts for the study of spatial interactions, and draws on recent innovations in social geography, political theory, and philosophy in order to flesh out this systematic approach. The control of the flow of bodies and the incapacitation of movement are revealed as the central objectives of the governance of space. Various tools are available for the spatial control of dissent: the selection of the location and the remapping of the spatial surrounding, tools for dividing space, tools for controlling movement, and tools for separating protesters from one another. The chapter highlights the preemptive character of control which deflects, redirects, and interrupts assembly and the transnationalization of tools for governing space.
