Termed by French anthropologist Marc Auge, non-place refers to \u201ca space which cannot be defined as relational, or historical, or concerned with identity will be a non-place\u201d (78). These spaces often link individuals to sites of transit such as metro stations and airports. Other \u201cnon-places\u201d may be spaces like shopping malls and sites of commerce or leisure. One of the key differences that separates \u201cplace\u201d from \u201cnon-place\u201d is that \u201cthe first is never completely erased, the second never totally completed,\u201d and Auge continues on to make the claim that non-places acts as a measure of our time as they are produced through supermodernity (79).<\/p>\n
Source: Marc Auge. 1995. Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity<\/em>. London: Verso.<\/p>\n Featured image by\u00a0User Anton05 (Own work) via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Termed by French anthropologist Marc Auge, non-place refers to \u201ca space which cannot be defined as relational, or historical, or concerned with identity will be a non-place\u201d (78). These spaces often link individuals to sites of transit such as metro stations and airports. Other \u201cnon-places\u201d may be spaces like shopping malls and sites of commerce … <\/p>\n