Secondspace

English

Alternative forms

• secondspace

Etymology

Coined by E.W. Soja as second +‎ space

Noun

Secondspace (countable and uncountable, plural Secondspaces)

1. Space as it is conceived, as opposed to space that is directly perceived. For example, the conception of a space based on a map or description.
   • 2002, Alan Read, Architecturally Speaking, →ISBN, page 19:

     Although there is an epistemology to the study of Firstspace, it is in Secondspace that epistemological discourse receives the greatest attention. In the long history of geographic thought, Secondspace approaches have been turned to most often when mainstream Firstspace approaches have become too rigidly materialist and "scientistic," as with the various critiques that emerged in response to the epistemological closures of positivist human geography.

   • 2016, Gabriella Gelardini, Harold Attridge, Hebrews in Contexts, →ISBN, page 184:

     Thus, “Wall Street” refers both to the street and to the businesses; metaphorically (and metaphor operates as a type of Secondspace) the name of the street has come to mean the type of investment activity.

   • 2017, Mimi Levy Lipis, Symbolic Houses in Judaism, →ISBN:

     The danger of Secondspace is that taken on its own it might be seen as a complete survey of spatial practices and representations; however, it is neither complete nor closed off.

Related terms

• Firstspace
• Thirdspace