Mapping Migrant Territories as Topological Deformations of Space
Mapping Migrant Territories as Topological Deformations of Space
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将移民领土映射为空间的拓扑变形
DOI：
10.1177/1206331213475746
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发表时间：
2013
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1
通讯作者：
Phillip Langley
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作者：
N. Awan;Phillip Langley
我们的研究使用“领土”的概念来描述迁移空间的生产。这篇文章描述了一个基于伦敦的项目，在这个项目中，每天的步行实践被用来绘制移民区域，这些区域被概念化为分散和重叠，导致实际生活空间的拓扑变形。我们通过关注微观尺度和日常生活来审视这些变形，将它们映射为“景观”和“球体”。使用特定的计算技术，我们将原始的人行道转变为研究当代城市波动和流动的建筑工具。在此过程中，我们从两个不同的角度来研究领土：从地缘政治的角度来看，领土被视为政治、权力和空间相互作用的产物；从生物学的角度来看，领土被视为包括人类在内的所有动物对空间的原始需求，以及与环境和其他动物的某种区别。
Our research uses the concept of “territories” to describe the production of migrant space. The article describes a project based in London where the everyday practice of walking is used to map migrant territories, which are conceptualized as dispersed and overlapping, causing topological deformations to the actual lived space. We interrogate these deformations through focusing on the micro-scale and the everyday, mapping them as “scapes” and “spheres.” Using specific computational techniques, we transform the original walks into an architectural tool for investigating the fluctuations and flows of the contemporary city. In doing so, we approach territories from two distinct angles: from the geopolitical perspective of territories seen as the product of the interplay of politics, power, and space and from the biological perspective of territories seen as the primal need of all animals, including humans, for space and a certain distinction from their environment and from others.