The Production of Space: A Neglected Perspective in Pastoral Research

Karplus, Yuval; Meir, Avinoam

doi:10.1068/d13111

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“…Collectively, these geographical insights into the energy-society relationship provide examples of all three facets -as described in Karplus and Meir (2013) -of what Lefebvre has called the 'production of space' (Lefebvre, 1991). Social value systems related to the non-human world re-position physical entities as energy resources and at the same time establish the legal and extra-legal institutions through which resource access and spatial planning are enforced (conceived space).…”

Section: Energy Space Societymentioning

confidence: 98%

From ‘energy geography’ to ‘energy geographies’

Calvert

2015

Progress in Human Geography

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This paper takes stock of geographical contributions to the study of energy and energy futures. The paper is written in two parts. First, I trace the methodological and philosophical traditions that underpin geographical approaches to energy studies. I argue that while 'energy geography' is arguably a pragmatic shorthand with which to communicate to the broader energy studies community, geographical studies of energy have expanded in scope and theoretical plurality so that 'energy geographies' is a more appropriate label. Energy geographers are well positioned to contribute to scientific and policy debates surrounding energy due to their privileged position at the borderland between various philosophical and methodological traditions. Second, I identify some of the problems, opportunities and uncertainties that contemporary energy geographers are helping to identify, understand, and resolve. Past contributions and critical issues for future scholarship are highlighted in four themes: (1) using advanced socio-spatial theory to better understand the energy-society relationship; (2) geo-political and geo-economic assessments of (changing) global energy trade networks; (3) geographical perspectives on socio-technical (energy) transitions; and (4) advanced spatial decision-support for energy planning and technology implementation. While this discussion is by no means exhaustive, it aims to bring some clarity and specificity to the policy and academic relevance of geographical thought and practice as it relates to energy issues.

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Section: Energy Space Societymentioning

confidence: 98%

From ‘energy geography’ to ‘energy geographies’

Calvert

2015

Progress in Human Geography

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“…Indeed, from a cultural perspective, as shown above (see also Castree, ; Hewson, ; Howitt et al, ; Porter, ) the geographies of these groups are fundamentally contrasting with Western ones, and group members seek control over their PoS. This implies, as suggested by (Karplus, ; also Karplus & Meir, ), an “endogenic PoS”, as against the “exogenic” production of the grand space by the hegemonic sectors. As state and market powers desire spatial homogeneity and smoothness of society–space relationships at a macro scale (see also Howitt, ), the endogenic PoS is often unrecognised by the hegemony and is viewed as informal (Roy & AlSayyad, ).…”

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confidence: 92%

“…The study spans almost two centuries. Methodologically, it is based on fieldwork (Karplus, ) whose primary findings were already published (Karplus & Meir, , ) and its insights serve now as raw data in our analysis here. Due to the limited scope, these data are presented only in a summary tabular format.…”

Section: Proposed Conceptsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Production of space, intercultural encounters and politics: Dynamics of consummate space and spatial intensity among the Israeli Bedouin

Meir

Karplus

2017

Trans Inst British Geog

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The "spatial turn", represented primarily by the Lefebvrean theory of production of space, fails to internalise insights from the "cultural turn" which delves into high cultural resolutions of minority ethnic or religious sub-groups within Western culture. These insights suggest that space may be characterised by spatial pluralism that originates in ontological pluralism of place and space. This ontological pluralism originates in the contemporary reality of cultural pluralism within the same space. By deconstructing the classical Lefebvrean theory of production of space as a super concept into finer scales, we facilitate internalisation of these cultural insights through a series of new sub-concepts of consummate space, spatial imbrication and spatial intensity. These successive concepts are capable of creating a process of production of space with possible political consequences at group level. That is, violation of a space perceived and practised as consummate may lead to political action by group members. This conceptual framework, highlighting at high resolution the agency of space in culture, is demonstrated through a detailed analysis of a unique cultural group, the indigenous Bedouin of the Negev desert in Israel, through three phases of their spatial history over a period of two centuriessemi-nomadic pastoralism, sedentary farming and urban wage labour.This case may serve to illustrate the value of this theoretical approach for future analysis of other unique cultural groups and a more nuanced and comprehensive understanding of production of space. K E Y W O R D SBedouin, consummate space, indigenous ontologies, Israel, production of space, spatial intensity 1 | INTRODUCTION This paper deals with the limited encounter between social and cultural understandings of space and the incongruence of their research resolutions. We argue that their limited mutual engagement results in oversight of significant sub-processes that are masked by low resolutions of spatial research. This proposition originates in our study of the spatial relationships between the spaces of the indigenous Bedouin in Israel and the enveloping Western culture. In our interpretation, studying these relationships at high resolutions reveals concealed spatial situations that may produce political outcomes. The issue is related to the interface between the spatial and cultural "turns" of the social sciences. The essence of the "spatial turn" lies in realising the centrality of the built environment in understanding social processes ---

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“…We specified a model formulating the relations between a set of parameters we discussed in the previous section. This model presents our assumptions about the spatial occupation of grazing areas and is based on Karplus and Meir's [41] concept of pastoral spatiality developed under the Lefebvre [42] framework for the production of space. Lefebvre's [42] spatial framework conceptualizes space as a triad consisting of perceived, conceived, and lived spaces interrelated to each other.…”

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The Production of Pastoral Space: Modeling Spatial Occupation of Grazing Land for Environmental Impact Assessment Using Structural Equation Modeling

Byambaa

Vries

2021

Land

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Environmental impact assessment (EIA) is a key tool for both environmental and land management. It identifies potential adverse and unintended consequences of the projects on land use and the environment and derives possible mitigation measures to address these impacts. Calculating the volume and severity of impacts is complex and often relies on selections and simplifications. Moreover, calculating impacts associated with nomadic-pastoral (dynamic) land use is still an unresolved methodological problem. A full understanding of the patterns of dynamic land use in nomadic pastoralism is still lacking. Consequently, EIAs are currently able to predict the negative impacts associated with dynamic land use insufficiently. This article addresses this lacuna by modeling the spatial occupation of grazing land using a statistical modeling technique of structural equation modeling (SEM) and the R package lavaan for SEM, in order to explain the behavior of dynamic land use for EIA. Based on the concepts of the production of space and pastoral spatiality, we specified and tested a model of spatial occupation of grazing areas hypothesizing interrelationships between factors influencing the pastoral space using empirical data from two different ecological zones in Mongolia. The findings suggest that grazing areas, herd mobility, and herd size and composition have direct positive effects on each other. Compared to broad-scale pastoral movements, the herd size and composition significantly affect the size of grazing areas and the extent of fine-scale herding mobility. Herders occupy more pastoral space and increase their daily herding movements at their campsites when the population of livestock increases. By contrast, the herd size and composition do not considerably affect the herders’ decision to migrate for extensive grazing between their seasonal campsites. Likewise, the scale of grazing areas and fine-scale pastoral mobility do not affect significantly the broad-scale herding mobility between campsites. The broad-scale herding mobility is relatively independent of the fine-scale mobility; however, they covary. This is the first study to analyze and quantify the effects of grazing areas, herding mobility, and herd size and composition in the same study. EIA impact prediction should consider grazing areas as a dynamic space that is influenced by grazing orbits, fine and broad-scale herding movements including otor, livestock species, the number of animals as well as households at campsites.

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The Production of Space: A Neglected Perspective in Pastoral Research

Cited by 13 publications

References 45 publications

From ‘energy geography’ to ‘energy geographies’

From ‘energy geography’ to ‘energy geographies’

Production of space, intercultural encounters and politics: Dynamics of consummate space and spatial intensity among the Israeli Bedouin

The Production of Pastoral Space: Modeling Spatial Occupation of Grazing Land for Environmental Impact Assessment Using Structural Equation Modeling

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