The SpatioTemporality Series

In 2016, members of the ERZ initiated the series „Spatio-Temporality. Practises-Concept-Media.“ You find further information on the series on the website of de Gruyter.

There is a flyer with the main concepts of the series and the first three volumes that you can download here. 

Researchers are invited to contribute to the „SpatioTemporality“ series.

It wants to promote a interdisciplinary scientific exchange, which refers to practises and concepts of a dual perspective of space and time and works with actual theoretical approaches. Thus, spatiality and temporality are seen as concepts that are inseperably correlated in historical and contemporary contexts.

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[Translate to English:] Frontpage Desiring Martyrs

Desiring Martyrs: Locating Martyrs in Space and Time / Volume X: SpatioTemporality

The tenth volume of our series „SpatioTemporality“ with the title „Desiring Martyrs: Locating Martyrs in Space and Time“ was published by de Gruyter.

Martyrs create space and time through the actions they take, the fate they suffer, the stories they prompt, the cultural narratives against which they take place and the retelling of their tales in different places and contexts. The title "Desiring Martyrs" is meant in two senses. First, it refers to protagonists and antagonists of the martyrdom narratives who as literary characters seek martyrs and the way they inscribe certain kinds of cultural and social desire. Second, it describes the later celebration of martyrs via narrative, martyrdom acts, monuments, inscriptions, martyria, liturgical commemoration, pilgrimage, etc. Here there is a cultural desire to tell or remember a particular kind of story about the past that serves particular communal interests and goals. By applying the spatial turn to these ancient texts the volume seeks to advance a still nascent social geographical understanding of emergent Christian and Jewish martyrdom. It explores how martyr narratives engage pre-existing time-space configurations to result in new appropriations of earlier traditions.

With contributions by: Michael J. Thate, Harry O. Maier, Christopher A. Frilingos, Jan N. Bremmer, Eric C. Smith, L. Stephanie Cobb, Nicole Hartmann, Katharina Waldner and Jennifer Otto.

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Seizing the Square: 1989 Protests in China and Germany from a Global Perspective / Volume IX: SpatioTemporality

The ninth volume of our series „SpatioTemporality“ with the title „Seizing the Square: 1989 Protests in China and Germany from a Global Perspective“ was published by de Gruyter.

This book discusses global dynamics behind the synchronous outburst of protests in China and Germany in 1989 and the local acts of dissent on the squares comparatively. It breaks with the national timelines protests in 1989 have so far been identified with and offers insights into the spatial manifestation of the global moment of 1989. Concluding on the importance of the "SpaceTime" on the seized squares in 1989, it also discusses more recent protests forming on city squares. Offering a global perspective on a phenomenon that itself became global in the last decades, the book provides a view on globalization processes operating from below that puts the occupied space on city squares at the heart of interest.

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[Translate to English:] Frontmatter Palm
[Translate to English:] Frontmatter Gauthiez

The Production of Urban Space, Temporality, and Spatiality: Lyon from 1500 to the 19th Century / Volume VIII: SpatioTemporality

The eighth volume of our series „SpatioTemporality“ with the title „The Production of Urban Space, Temporality, and Spatiality: Lyon from 1500 to the 19th Century“ was published by de Gruyter.

The production of urban space in scarcely studied by scholars in historical and urban studies, the city being still predominantly seen as a frame in which activities and social relationship develop, not a produce in itself. The scope of the book is the comprehension of this production. This implies an adequate conceptualisation of the way urban space can be measured and broken down in units which can be put in relation with social processes and agents. A first part examines the concepts and their implications. The second part deals with the anthropology and typology of architectural production considered in relation to demography. The third part develops on the rhythms of the space production at Lyon from the late 15th century to the 19th. The temporalities and spatialities of the production are determined and examined. The agents of the production are studied all along the period, in parallel to the market aimed at: investors in real estate, tenants, activities. Each phenomenon identified can be described and understood as in the meantime a temporal, spatial and social unit.

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Writing(s) on Time in Modernity: Production of historical time and temporal self-location in the Polish-speaking press (1880-1914) / Volume VII: SpatioTemporality

The seventh volume of our series „SpatioTemporality“ with the title „Writing(s) on Time in Modernity: Production of historical time and temporal self-location in the Polish-speaking press (1880-1914)“ was published by de Gruyter.

The book analyzes the (re)production of historical time in the commercial press – a medium largely shaped by the category of time. The analysis develops time as a central resource for managing affiliation in modern societies. Given its ambivalent patterns of self-location, Polish-speaking society at the end of the 19th century offers a paradigmatic example of this issue.

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[Translate to English:] Frontmatter "Zeit-Schriften der Moderne: Zeitkonstruktion und temporale Selbstverortung in der polnischen Presse (1880-1914)"

From Space in Modern Art to a Spatial Art History Reassessing Constructivism through the Publication "Circle" (1937) / Volume VII: SpatioTemporality

The sixth volume of our series „SpatioTemporality“ with the title „From Space in Modern Art to a Spatial Art History: Reassessing Constructivism through the Publication ‚Circle‘“ was published by de Gruyter.

This book traces artists’ theories of constructive space in the first half of the twentieth century. Drawing on these concepts and recent theories on space, it develops a methodology termed ‘Spatial Art History’ that conceives of artworks as physical spatio-temporal things, which produce the social, to overcome the reductive understanding of art as a mere mirror or facilitator of society.

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Beyond the Horizon: Places, Boundaries, and Perspectives / Volume V: SpatioTemporality

The fifth volume of our series „SpatioTemporality“ with the title Beyond the Horizon: Places, Boundaries, and Perspectives was published by de Gruyter.

A person’s horizon relates not only to one’s scope of vision, but also to one’s breadth of knowledge and complexity of understanding. The essays in this book reflect the varying content and uses of the term "horizon" and discuss its application in education and culture within and across specific disciplines.

With contributions by: Matthias Flügge, Philipp Lepenies, Michael Makropoulos, Antje Schlottmann, Christian Reutlinger, Martin Nugel, Nora Held, Helga Peskoller, Niko Kohls, Christian Holtorf, Eckhardt Buchholz-Schuster, Bärbel Frischmann, Alex Burri, Guido Löhrer and Holt Meyer. 

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Perspectives on Henri Lefebvre / Volume IV: SpatioTemporality

The fourth volume of our series „SpatioTemporality“ with the title „Perspectives on Henri Lefebvre: Theory, Practises and (Re)Readings was published by de Gruyter.

The articles take a decidedly interdisciplinary look at the opus of the French philosopher, sociologist and pioneer of spatial analysis Henri Lefebvre (1901-1991). His works are reflected upon from theoretical and practical perspectives by authors from various fields (literature, history, philosophy, sociology, ethnology) closely examining text references from Lefebvre.

With contributions by: Susanne Rau, Robert Fischer, Jenny Bauer, Stephan Günzel, Fernand Guelf, Chris O'Kane, Sebastian Dorsch, Fraya Frehse, Jacob Geuder, Lívia Alcântara, Tiziana Urbano and Anne Brüske.

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SpatioTemporalities on the Line / Volume III: SpatioTemporality

 The third volume of our series „SpatioTemporality“ with the title „SpatioTemporality on the Line“ was published by de Gruyter.

Lines are omnipresent in our everyday experience and language. They reflect and influence the spatial and temporal structures of our world view. Taking Tim Ingold’s cultural history of the line as a starting-point, this book understands lines as expressions that allow insights into cultural theoretical phenomena and thus go beyond their mere form. The essays will investigate this premise from various disciplines (architecture, art, cartography, film, literature and philosophy).

With contributions by: Sebastian Dorsch, Jutta Vinzent & Tim Ingold, Angelika Seppi, Jochen Brüning, Anna-Katharina Rieger, Semantha Schramm, Barbara von Orelli-Messerli, Kathrin Fehringer, Harry O. Maier and Holger Berg.

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Cycles and Rhythms: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Space and Time / Volume II: SpatioTemporality

What is the potential power of "rhythm" as a conceptual key term for understanding the interplay between space and time? This volume explores this power in interdisciplinary essays on seasonality and rhythm, travel, transport and logistics, rhythm and time, and music and space. The theoretical foundation is provided by the French sociologist Henri Lefebvre’s concept of "rhythmanalysis."

With contributions by: Susanne Rau, Michael Rothmann, Veronika Lang, Ekkehard Schönherr, Sylvelyn Hähner-Rombach, Heiner Stahl, Daniela Zetti, Daniel Martin Feige, Oliver Schwerdt, Lucia Kessler-Kakoulidis and Holt Meyer.

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SpaceTime of the Imperial / Volume I: SpatioTemporality

This volume works through spatio-temporal concepts to be found in imperial practices and their representations in a wide range of media. The individual cases investigated in the volume cover a broad spectrum of historical periods from ancient times up to the present. Well-known international scholars treat special cases of the topic, using cutting-edge theory and approaches stemming from historical, cartographic, religious, literary, media studies, as well as ethnography.

With contributions by: Olaf Asbach, Ishita Banerjee-Dube, Sebastian Dorsch, Saurabh Dube, Robert Fischer, Bärbel Frischmann, Joanna de Groot, Christian Holtorf, Bert Hoppe, Jens Kugele, Gesa Mackenthun, Harry O. Maier, Holt Meyer, Bernardo A. Michael, Elizabeth Millán, Silvan Niedermeier, Charlton Payne, Alfred Schmid, Alrun Schmidtke, Sabine Schmolinsky, Iris Schröder, Susanne Rau, Katharina Waldner and Stephen A. Walsh.

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