Social geography II: Space and Sociality

Abstract

By drawing together recent geographical literature on assemblages, infrastructures and topology, this progress report examines how debates on the spatial ontologies and epistemologies of power have evolved in social geography. This report argues that the three forementioned approaches each illuminate certain qualities of the relationship between sociality and space, allowing researchers to advocate for a particular way of seeing and knowing the world. The three approaches are distinctive but may not be mutually exclusive. The report concludes by emphasising the need to consider what might be elided through our choice of spatial vocabularies and reflecting on how spatial theorising can promote social justice.