![]() ![]() The world is progressive and we need to respect that, but also respect the people and their wishes for their sense of place. No one gave us the right to stop other nationalities or genders coming into our countries. In debates around identity the terminology of space, location, positionality and place figures prominently. To me it feels as if we all need to be more open minded and not be so possessive or controlling over ‘our’ home. It is still not safe for a woman to walk down a street late at night on her own, women are still restricted by violence, how they are objectified or simply violated by stares, society still has a long way to go before women are treated on the same level as men, which is a huge shame to say the least. Doreen Massey in understanding concepts of time, space, and the power dynamics fueling. Being a woman is still difficult not because of the Capital but because of men. It uses the theoretical arguments of David Harvey, Anthony Giddens and. Drawing on Massey’s ideas, this essay reflects on the everyday political work of community projects to open up space for. Space, Massey argues, is openit is capable of being made otherwise. Unfortunately it is not just race that is an issue in this current speed-up. For Doreen Massey, space is a challenge of multiplicity, encounter and relation: a ‘throwntogetherness’ that demands ongoing negotiation. ![]() Or has the biggest player Capitalism made the world go round by making developments which makes money which makes company’s greed grow making them expand overseas, which is why their products migrate onto every countries shelves. such, Doreen Massey conceptualizes time-space compression as a phenomenon. Lets look at one of the most prominent examples of time-space compression criticism. For example, we all eat Italian, Mexican, and Chinese food and enjoy it, so has globalization opened the worlds eyes and made us all feel at home with each other making the world go round. disciplinary scholarship has put in the front view multiple opportunities to. As she explains the whole world has gone through a sense of dislocation in their local home as cultural imports made their mark all over the world. Massey asks why cant we rethink our sense of place? Be outward-looking and welcome newcomers and in turn they will help develop the sense of place for the whole community. This is where the dangerous ‘ideal local place’ comes into play, ‘sanitized heritages and nationalism’ go against the ‘outsiders’. Massey asks what we mean by ‘places’ and how we define a place as local when there is so much movement and integrating. Now called the space-time compression, which means the speeding up of life in general. This is a new momentum, which Marx once called ‘the annihilation of space by time’. Massey begins by expressing her view on the world speeding up and starting internationalization financially in every part of life, email has now taken over handwritten mail, your food is from any part of the world you like, your clothes can be produced in a range of countries and you can travel as much as your finances will allow. ![]()
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