Thirdspace
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Space as both a perceived and conceptualized phenomenon, both a physical locality and its meaning. countable, uncountable
"Over the past decade, the most creative explorations of Thirdspace, and hence the most accomplished expansions in the scope of the geographical imagination, have come from the broadly defined field of critical cultural studies."
- 2 Alternative form of Thirdspace. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
"The different pulls on what rural spaces represent and the legitimacies and illegitimacies of presences within rural landscapes brings us back to the key notion of a socially produced space and Soja's 'perils and possibilities' of real-and-imaginary lived thirdspace."
Example
More examples"Over the past decade, the most creative explorations of Thirdspace, and hence the most accomplished expansions in the scope of the geographical imagination, have come from the broadly defined field of critical cultural studies."
Etymology
Coined by E.W. Soja as third + space
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