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The Language of Sites in the Politics of Space 1
Author(s) -
KUPER HILDA
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1972.74.3.02a00130
Subject(s) - space (punctuation) , politics , range (aeronautics) , sociology , epistemology , social relationship , process (computing) , condensation , computer science , geography , social psychology , linguistics , psychology , political science , philosophy , law , engineering , meteorology , aerospace engineering , operating system
Different approaches have been developed to relate the concept of space to other social phenomena. Some of these approaches are critically examined in an effort to find a theoretical framework for interpreting a wide range of events in which sites, specific pieces of space, were of crucial significance. It is argued that there is a condensation of values in special sites, and that transactions that constitute the totality of social life may be spatially mapped with sites expressing relatively durable social structure. The process of social interaction may be expressed empirically through disputes over sites and symbolically in the configuration of sites.