For the (Re)Affirmation of space in and beyond Applied Linguistics: Theoretical, empirical and methodological notes

This paper represents an attempt to theoretically and empirically establish possible assumptions for the study of space as a social practice. Informed by theorists who assert that space is not merely the external static background where sociohistorical takes place, but a social construct that results from the outcome of a series of problematic temporary settlements that divide and connect things up to different kinds of collectives, I am concerned with the role of material, symbolic and embodied meaning-making practices in creating the temporary settlements of which space results.

social practice; space; meaning-making; network