Studying the Politics in Constituting Space: A Comparative Analysis of Foucault's Theories of Governance and Doreen Massey's Conceptualizations of Space through Case Studies
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| author | Souradip Bhattacharyya |
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| contents | <p><span>Production of space is subjected to tensions of power which employ various techniques and strategies to continuously construct and reproduce the population. The power-relations that are integral to the processes of constituting space are significant not just for the creation of new technologies of governance but also for adopting ways to negotiate and resist top-down implementations of power. Space, therefore, seizes to be just a static platform of activity but in fact transforms into a dynamic factor that is constantly strategized and modified by different parties engaged in relations of power to interact with each other. The aim of this paper is to initiate a theoretical dialogue between Doreen Massey’s conceptualization of space and Michel Foucault’s take on technologies of governance and resistance through a few case studies to examine the interconnection between space and power-relation. Both Foucault and Massey have conceptualized space as a dynamic entity, playing an operative role in the constitution of social relationships and relations of power. While Massey has focused on the relations between space and humans to trace a historical trajectory of the construction of space that is always in a state of flux, Foucault has analysed how space has been strategized and modified for the development of power-relation. This paper, therefore, ties these theoretical trajectories through two specific case studies that focus on the constitution of colonial and diasporic spaces to analyse the technicalities of producing social groups engaged in various forms of communication with each other. </span></p> |
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| spellingShingle | Studying the Politics in Constituting Space: A Comparative Analysis of Foucault's Theories of Governance and Doreen Massey's Conceptualizations of Space through Case Studies Souradip Bhattacharyya <p><span>Production of space is subjected to tensions of power which employ various techniques and strategies to continuously construct and reproduce the population. The power-relations that are integral to the processes of constituting space are significant not just for the creation of new technologies of governance but also for adopting ways to negotiate and resist top-down implementations of power. Space, therefore, seizes to be just a static platform of activity but in fact transforms into a dynamic factor that is constantly strategized and modified by different parties engaged in relations of power to interact with each other. The aim of this paper is to initiate a theoretical dialogue between Doreen Massey’s conceptualization of space and Michel Foucault’s take on technologies of governance and resistance through a few case studies to examine the interconnection between space and power-relation. Both Foucault and Massey have conceptualized space as a dynamic entity, playing an operative role in the constitution of social relationships and relations of power. While Massey has focused on the relations between space and humans to trace a historical trajectory of the construction of space that is always in a state of flux, Foucault has analysed how space has been strategized and modified for the development of power-relation. This paper, therefore, ties these theoretical trajectories through two specific case studies that focus on the constitution of colonial and diasporic spaces to analyse the technicalities of producing social groups engaged in various forms of communication with each other. </span></p> |
| title | Studying the Politics in Constituting Space: A Comparative Analysis of Foucault's Theories of Governance and Doreen Massey's Conceptualizations of Space through Case Studies |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14934520 |