Geometries: From analogy to performativity

Sarah Green

Geometries: From analogy to performativity

Social and Cultural Anthropology

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This chapter explores the increasing use of mathematical metaphors - particularly geometry and topology - in social science research about space, place and location. It looks at the history of how these terms have been used in mathematics and how the concepts of geometry and topology have been deployed in governance in order to look more closely at how these ideas have affected the materiality of how people live in their three dimensional world.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Voluminous States : Sovereignty, Materiality, and the Territorial Imagination
Editors	Franck Billé
Number of pages	16
Place of Publication	Durham
Publisher	Duke University Press
Publication date	1 Aug 2020
Pages	175-190
ISBN (Print)	978-1-4780-0791-3, 978-1-4780-0842-2
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-4780-1206-1
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2020
MoE publication type	A3 Book chapter

Fields of Science

5143 Social and cultural anthropology
Topology
Geometry
Anthropology
Location
Borders

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Geometries: From analogy to performativity

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