Non Places | Are Airports Non Places
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Uploaded by rdig1 on Dec 30, 2008
This journey to the airport was taken to explore a place, a place which has been claimed to be
a non-place by Marc Augé in non-places introduction to anthropology of super modernity 1985
According to Marc Augé, the definition of a non-place can be the following Non-places are spaces of transport and transit that are lacking any historical significance and strong symbolism. If a place can be defined as relational, historical and concerned with identity, then a space which cannot be defined as relational, historical, or concerned with identity will be a non-place P.77 Marc Augé in non-places introduction to anthropology of super modernity 1985
I have hence decided to research this view of Marc Augé from my perspective to explore any possibility of a conflict. By spending time in a claimed non-place such as an airport I thought I will get to know if a thing such as non-place exists.
For the sake of convincing myself that I am not being influenced by an established author, I decided to ask myself a few questions regarding non-places in relation to the airport.
Do people feel different when they enter an airport?
Do people remember the time spent in the airport?
Can people convert a non-place into a place?
Through my observational research, I have concluded non-places exist everywhere and an airport is one of the most relevant ones. Without the people in it, the airport is nothing but a big hollow space. Geometric locations such as streets, parks, stations and airports need life to make them the place they are assumed
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@ragingbetty1
it all depends on the different roles people play between that space.
airports are definitely non-spaces for the travellers, they're a transitional physical space rather than a destination of its own
whereas it gains more of a meaning to someone that works there for an amount of time.
weirdo033 1 year ago
i never though that in that way. Have part of reason, but any story can begin at the airport.
julesrif 1 year ago
i would say that an airport is definitely a place, because of the emotions that it draws from so many different people.
For some, it lacks identity beyond transition and breeds confusion and feelings of seperation, etc. For others, it is a hub, a point A before point B, with no negative consideration.
Some people spend their lives in airports, travelling around the world and becoming familiar with the ins and outs of the travel world, or working to keep the machine running, ya?
ragingbetty1 2 years ago