THE ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO LIVED SP

This volume explores "lived space" as a scholarly approach to the past, highlighting how spatial approaches can provide innovative views of Late Antiquity. It brings together an international group of scholars from various regions, investigating the history, function, and use of different spaces and analyzing the fluidity of lived space in both physical and conceptual dimensions. The book offers valuable insights into the fundamental dimension of social life and provides avenues for further research and discussion in this area.

Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 September 2022
Publisher: TAYLOR & FRANCIS

This book explores the concept of "lived space" as a scholarly approach to the past, highlighting the innovative insights that spatial methodologies can offer when studying the world of Late Antiquity. By integrating social, economic, and cultural developments, it emphasizes the crucial role that space played in shaping social life during this period.

The book brings together an international team of scholars from various regions, including Britain, the Iberian Peninsula, Jordan, and the Horn of Africa, who specialize in diverse fields such as shipwrecks, seafaring, and lived spaces. These scholars contribute their expertise to examine the history, function, and usage of different spaces during Late Antiquity.

Chapters in the book delve into the rich tapestry of lived spaces, exploring their historical context, purposes, and significance. They identify the social and historical factors that influenced continuity and change in these spaces, while also examining the fluidity of lived space in both its physical and conceptual dimensions. Issues such as agency, intentionality, meaning, and social relations are explored, shedding light on the complex interplay between individuals and their environments.

Space is recognized as the fundamental dimension of social life, serving as the arena where historical events unfold and social values and hierarchies are expressed. By analyzing space, scholars gain valuable insights into the past and can employ diverse methodologies to shape, occupy, and control it.

Considering Late Antiquity through a spatial lens provides a multifaceted and captivating perspective on this pivotal period. This volume serves as a valuable resource for students and scholars interested in space and spatiality in the late antique world, as well as archaeology, classical studies, and late antique studies more broadly. It offers a platform for further research and discussion in this area, contributing to our understanding of the rich and complex tapestry of late antique society.

ISBN-13: 9781138385306