Imagining Segregated Spaces: The Spacial Turn in Two Science Fiction Texts

As for the mid-nineties, and gathering momentum at the beginning of the new millennium, according to geographer Edward Soja (2009), we can observe a spatial turn in literary criticism, and other fields of knowledge such as archeology, law studies, religious studies, among others. This spatial turn e...

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Autor principal: Der-Ohannesian, Nadia
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spelling I10-R337-article-189542018-09-19T08:29:59Z Imagining Segregated Spaces: The Spacial Turn in Two Science Fiction Texts Imaginando los espacios segregados: El giro espacial en dos textos de ciencia ficción Der-Ohannesian, Nadia giro espacial segregación gueto movilidad crítica spatial turn segregation gheto critical mobility As for the mid-nineties, and gathering momentum at the beginning of the new millennium, according to geographer Edward Soja (2009), we can observe a spatial turn in literary criticism, and other fields of knowledge such as archeology, law studies, religious studies, among others. This spatial turn entails the reading of different phenomena through a critical conception of space that, in agreement with Foucault's stand on spatiality, considers the social in the production of spatiality, which makes it a possible object for political change, in a dialogic way. The notion of mobility here ascribed is framed within this social concpetion of space, and is therefore political (Cresswell 2011, 2012, 2014, Uteng y Cresswell 2009, Söderström et al. 2013). This article analyzes two representative texts of these current tendencies—the spatial turn and critical mobility--: Ursula Le Guin's “Newton's Dream” (1994) and the film Elysium (2013) directed by Neill Blomkamp. In these texts the spatial dimension is thematized and politized and exposes the power struggles over geography and the imaginations around it, which enable forms of both subjection and resistance. Desde mediados de los noventa, pero con más vigor desde principios del tercer milenio, según el geógrafo Edward Soja (2009), empieza a observarse lo que se denomina el giro espacial en la crítica literaria y otros campos del conocimiento en ciencias humanas, tales como la arqueología, los estudios jurídicos, los estudios religiosos, entre otros. Este giro espacial implica la lectura de diversos fenómenos a través de una concepción crítica del espacio, una concepción que, en consonancia con lo que plantea Foucault, considera “la producción social de la espacialidad (el espacio es producido socialmente y por eso es pasible de ser cambiado socialmente)” y, a su vez, implica una “dialéctica socio espacial (lo espacial modela lo social tanto como lo social modela lo espacial)” (Soja, 2009, 2). En esta concepción social del espacio se encuadra la noción de movilidad, la cual también recientemente ha sido investida con la potencialidad para ser repolitizada (Cresswell 2011, 2012 y 2014, Uteng y Cresswell 2009, Söderström et al. 2013). En este trabajo tomo dos textos representativos de estas tendencias actuales, el giro espacial y la movilidad crítica, como lo son el relato de Ursula Le Guin “Newton's Dream” (1994) y el film Elysium (2013) escrito y dirigido por Neil Blomkamp, en los que la dimensión espacial se presenta politizada y tematizada, y expone las disputas por el poder sobre la geografía y los imaginarios que se generan en torno a esta, los cuales habilitarían formas de sujeción así como de resistencia. Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Lenguas (CIFAL), Facultad de Lenguas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Avenida Enrique Barros s/n, Ciudad Universitaria. Córdoba, Argentina. Correo electrónico: revistacylc@lenguas.unc.edu.ar 2017-12-01 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf text/html https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/CultyLit/article/view/18954 Revista de Culturas y Literaturas Comparadas; Vol. 7 (2017): Siglo XXI: ¿Nuevos estilos de cultura? 2591-3883 1852-4737 spa https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/CultyLit/article/view/18954/18865 https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/CultyLit/article/view/18954/19382 Derechos de autor 2017 Nadia Der-Ohannesian
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gueto
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spatial turn
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gheto
critical mobility
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Imagining Segregated Spaces: The Spacial Turn in Two Science Fiction Texts
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segregation
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author Der-Ohannesian, Nadia
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title Imagining Segregated Spaces: The Spacial Turn in Two Science Fiction Texts
title_short Imagining Segregated Spaces: The Spacial Turn in Two Science Fiction Texts
title_full Imagining Segregated Spaces: The Spacial Turn in Two Science Fiction Texts
title_fullStr Imagining Segregated Spaces: The Spacial Turn in Two Science Fiction Texts
title_full_unstemmed Imagining Segregated Spaces: The Spacial Turn in Two Science Fiction Texts
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description As for the mid-nineties, and gathering momentum at the beginning of the new millennium, according to geographer Edward Soja (2009), we can observe a spatial turn in literary criticism, and other fields of knowledge such as archeology, law studies, religious studies, among others. This spatial turn entails the reading of different phenomena through a critical conception of space that, in agreement with Foucault's stand on spatiality, considers the social in the production of spatiality, which makes it a possible object for political change, in a dialogic way. The notion of mobility here ascribed is framed within this social concpetion of space, and is therefore political (Cresswell 2011, 2012, 2014, Uteng y Cresswell 2009, Söderström et al. 2013). This article analyzes two representative texts of these current tendencies—the spatial turn and critical mobility--: Ursula Le Guin's “Newton's Dream” (1994) and the film Elysium (2013) directed by Neill Blomkamp. In these texts the spatial dimension is thematized and politized and exposes the power struggles over geography and the imaginations around it, which enable forms of both subjection and resistance.
publisher Centro de Investigaciones de la Facultad de Lenguas (CIFAL), Facultad de Lenguas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. Avenida Enrique Barros s/n, Ciudad Universitaria. Córdoba, Argentina. Correo electrónico: revistacylc@lenguas.unc.edu.ar
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