Dr Lauren Martin lauren.martin@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Dr Lauren Martin lauren.martin@durham.ac.uk
Associate Professor
Professor Anna Secor anna.j.secor@durham.ac.uk
Professor
This paper aims to bring clarity to the term topology as it has been deployed in human geography. We summarize the insights that geographers have garnered from thinking topologically about space and power. We find that many deployments of topology both overstretch topology’s conceptual merit and limit its insights for spatial thinking. We show how topology, with its structuralist and modernist baggage, requires some theoretical reworking to be put to work by poststructuralist geographers. Our purpose is not to consolidate a specific topological approach for geographers, but to call for an ongoing consideration of what topology offers poststructuralist spatial theories.
Martin, L., & Secor, A. J. (2014). Towards a post-mathematical topology. Progress in Human Geography, 38(3), 420-438. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132513508209
Journal Article Type | Article |
---|---|
Acceptance Date | Nov 10, 2013 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 23, 2013 |
Publication Date | Jun 1, 2014 |
Deposit Date | Aug 7, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Aug 11, 2017 |
Journal | Progress in Human Geography |
Print ISSN | 0309-1325 |
Electronic ISSN | 1477-0288 |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 38 |
Issue | 3 |
Pages | 420-438 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1177/0309132513508209 |
Public URL | https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1350132 |
Accepted Journal Article
(479 Kb)
PDF
Copyright Statement
Martin, Lauren and Secor, Anna J. (2014) 'Towards a post-mathematical topology.', Progress in human geography., 38 (3). pp. 420-438. © 2014 The Author(s). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.
Finance, technology & displacement: towards a research agenda.
(2020)
Preprint / Working Paper
Value extraction through refugee carcerality: Data, labour and financialised accommodation
(2023)
Journal Article
Carceral Economies of Migration Control
(2020)
Journal Article
Destitution Economies: Circuits of Value in Asylum, Refugee, And Migration Control
(2020)
Journal Article
About Durham Research Online (DRO)
Administrator e-mail: dro.admin@durham.ac.uk
This application uses the following open-source libraries:
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
SIL OFL 1.1 (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html)
CC BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Powered by Worktribe © 2025
Advanced Search