Summer 2019 POL 241 Chap 9 “ Audio lecture: David Harvey, “Production of Capitalist Spaces”

Elayne Guzman

Chap 9 “ Audio lecture: David Harvey, “Production of Capitalist Spaces”

“The production of space, especially the distribution and organization of the territory constitutes a principal aspect of capitalist economies.”

  While space and time may seem ubiquitous, human experiences of space and time are remarkably specific to certain groups and cultures in particular places and times. The production of space occurs through both social practices and material conditions, meaning that space and time are contingent upon and shaped by macro-scale policies and innovations, such as calendars and maps, as everyday routines like finding a parking space. Space is socially produced.