Heterotopia

Eventhough, i didn't agree with Lieven de cauter in this seminar with his attempt in classifying heterotopia into three spheres which are economy, culture and politics, i still appreciate his effort. From my understanding of the six principles of heterotopia by michel foucault and Gil M. Doron text of "the dead zone and architecture of transgression", i believe that heterotopia is so complex that it is difficult to classify them into the three spheres. Our present world is so complex that it is difficult to distinguish what is economy from what is culture and from what is politics. In fact, Foucault also mentioned in his paper that our present epoch is that of simultaneity, juxtaposition, and moment. Rather than simplifying or categorising heterotopia into these three spheres, i believe that the complexity of our world influenced the diversity of heterotopia and it could takes different forms.
Squatter sleeping on a bench used for advert (heterotopia)

Riot in the street (heterotopia)

Additional text read, "the dead zone and architecture of transgression" by Gil M. Doron

Mapping (chronotopology)

In this workshop by antonio scarponi, the question was how to map our present urban realities? Talking about our urban realities; we talk of complexity, speed, population, globalization, and so on. Myself, charlotte, kevin, and alejandra decided to map the temporalities and dynamism of our present society. we chose "clock" as an urban device which people are often associated with in terms of social practices. people often relate and look at their clock, for example, i have to be here by this time.........i have to go now.......i have a seminar now ..................... The clock dictates where and when to do something, it directs their path. Mapping the activities of people on the clock reflects the reality of our society, the social classes and what each group could be doing at a particular time. we mapped the activity of the people from fiji and the people from rotterdam on the clock so as to see what each group will most likely be doing at a particular time. Mapping is much more than geographical.