Scopic relations as spatial relations



: Delaney D, Rannila P

Publisher: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD

: 2020

: Progress in Human Geography

: PROGRESS IN HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

: PROG HUM GEOG

: ARTN 0309132520936756

: 16

: 0309-1325

: 1477-0288

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132520936756


The aim of this paper is to elucidate the dynamic interplay of visuality, space and power through an analysis of what we call scopic relational spaces (SRS). Our primary claim is that scopic relations are intrinsically spatial relations and scopic practices are spatial practices. We contend that such analysis facilitates the discernment of significant socio-spatial processes and events that are otherwise unrecognized. We suggest that attention to the socio-spatial phenomena under investigation can contribute to debates about the alleged incommensurability of territorial and relational spatial imaginaries.



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