Knowledge

Space of flows

Source đź“ť

86:, the space-and-time to which people are accustomed, is the "space of places", which is unlike the "space of flows" because it lacks the three elements of (i) a proper flow medium, (ii) the proper items composing the flow traversing through it, and (iii) the organisational nodes through which these flows circulate. The space of flows concept comprehends human action and interaction occurring dynamically and at a distance—effected via telecommunications technology containing continuous flows of time-sensitive communications, and the nodes of global 54:
Traditionally, the concept of space is considered a passive entity, while time is considered a separate and active entity. Space should not be disconnected from time, because space is a dynamic entity related to time. Castells rejected the contention that space will disappear upon the creation of the
45:
Castells defines the concepts as follows: "The material arrangements that allow for simultaneity of social practices without territorial contiguity. It is not purely electronic space...It is made up first of all of a technological infrastructure of information systems, telecommunications, and
66:
In 2001, Castells wrote: "the space of flows ... links up distant locales around shared functions and meanings on the basis of electronic circuits and fast transportation corridors, while isolating and subduing the logic of experience embodied in the space of places".
32:
to "reconceptualize new forms of spatial arrangements under the new technological paradigm"; a new type of space that allows distant synchronous, real-time interaction. The space of flows first was mentioned in
28:, and their dynamic interactions with digital age society. The concept was created by the sociologist and cybernetic culture theoretician 232: 149: 122: 117: 35:
The Informational City: Information Technology, Economic Restructuring, and the Urban Regional Process
227: 95: 8: 153: 63:
is "the material organization of time-sharing social practices that work through flows".
59:, because space is "the material support of time-sharing social practices". Thus, the 207: 175: 107: 29: 179: 156:, and Ensio Puoskari, editors. London and New York: Routledge, 2004. pp 138–49. 112: 98:
because the groups' positions in time become more important than their places.
221: 90:
systems. These informational flows connect people to a continuous, real-time
91: 56: 87: 196:(2001), by Pekka Himanen, New York, Random House pp. 155–78 144:
Castells, Manuel. "An Introduction to the Information Age" in
75: 21: 166:
Manuel Castells (1999). "Grassrooting the Space of Flows".
79: 25: 194:
The Hacker Ethic and the Spirit of the Information Age
78:is the physical support of the way people live in 211:. University of Toronto (2003). 13 February 2006. 219: 165: 140: 138: 192:"Informationalism and the Network Society" in 135: 208:The Status of Objects in the Space of Flows 152:, Raimo Blom, Erkki Karvonen, Harri Melin, 20:is a high-level cultural abstraction of 220: 13: 14: 244: 94:community that differs from the 199: 186: 159: 146:The Information Society Reader 40: 1: 128: 70: 49: 7: 101: 10: 249: 180:10.2747/0272-3638.20.4.294 118:Social production of space 46:transportation lines". 123:Time–space compression 233:Information society 154:Kaarle Nordenstreng 240: 212: 205:Stalder, Felix. 203: 197: 190: 184: 183: 163: 157: 142: 248: 247: 243: 242: 241: 239: 238: 237: 228:Social concepts 218: 217: 216: 215: 204: 200: 191: 187: 168:Urban Geography 164: 160: 143: 136: 131: 108:Late capitalism 104: 84:Real world time 73: 52: 43: 30:Manuel Castells 12: 11: 5: 246: 236: 235: 230: 214: 213: 198: 185: 174:(4): 294–302. 158: 133: 132: 130: 127: 126: 125: 120: 115: 113:Late modernity 110: 103: 100: 96:global village 72: 69: 61:space of flows 51: 48: 42: 39: 18:space of flows 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 245: 234: 231: 229: 226: 225: 223: 210: 209: 202: 195: 189: 181: 177: 173: 169: 162: 155: 151: 150:Frank Webster 147: 141: 139: 134: 124: 121: 119: 116: 114: 111: 109: 106: 105: 99: 97: 93: 89: 85: 81: 77: 68: 64: 62: 58: 47: 38: 36: 31: 27: 23: 19: 206: 201: 193: 188: 171: 167: 161: 145: 83: 74: 65: 60: 53: 44: 34: 17: 15: 57:global city 41:Definitions 222:Categories 129:References 92:cybernetic 71:Practical 50:Theoretic 102:See also 88:computer 37:(1989). 76:Space 22:space 80:time 26:time 24:and 16:The 176:doi 224:: 172:20 170:. 148:, 137:^ 82:. 182:. 178::

Index

space
time
Manuel Castells
global city
Space
time
computer
cybernetic
global village
Late capitalism
Late modernity
Social production of space
Time–space compression


Frank Webster
Kaarle Nordenstreng
doi
10.2747/0272-3638.20.4.294
The Status of Objects in the Space of Flows
Categories
Social concepts
Information society

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.

↑