Postcolonial Pessimisms and Alternative Spatial Practices: Critical Interpretation of the concept of the Third Space through the Case of Fatahillah Square, Indonesia
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Abstract
Abstract Spatial practice is at the core of postcolonial geography's response to the geography of colonialism. However, the methodology of postcolonial spatial practice is linked to pessimisms within the postcolonial debate. This study aims to overcome pessimisms of postcolonialism by analysing a case of postcolonial spatial practice through literature review, expert interview, and field study. The case under investigation is Fatahillah Square in Jakarta, which has been transformed through postcolonial spatial practices from a space that symbolised the tragedy of colonialism into one of culture and art. Here, the characteristics of Homi K. Bhabha's “third space” are apparent, but this case may also be interpreted as an extension of the concept. Through the hybrid and emancipatory plurality of its spatial practice, it refutes the pessimisms of postcolonialism and calls for further postcolonial practice and analysis.
空间实践是后殖民地理学对殖民主义地理学的回应的核心。然而,后殖民空间实践的方法论与后殖民辩论中的悲观主义有关。本研究通过文献综述、专家访谈、实地考察等方法,分析了一个后殖民空间实践案例,旨在克服后殖民主义的悲观情绪。正在调查的案例是雅加达的Fatahillah广场,该广场通过后殖民空间实践从象征殖民主义悲剧的空间转变为文化和艺术之一。在这里,Homi K. Bhabha的“第三空间”的特征是显而易见的,但这个案例也可以被理解为这个概念的延伸。通过其空间实践的混合性和解放性的多元性,它反驳了后殖民主义的悲观主义,并呼吁进一步的后殖民实践和分析。
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TRaNS approaches the study of Southeast Asia by looking at the region as a place that is defined by its diverse and rapidly-changing social context, and as a place that challenges scholars to move beyond conventional ideas of borders and boundedness. TRaNS invites studies of broadly defined trans-national, trans-regional and comparative perspectives. Case studies spanning more than two countries of Southeast Asia and its neighbouring countries/regions are particularly welcomed.