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lid. There is a potential of becoming a place
in every non-place.
The interchangeability of place and non-place
is related to the main criticism that is made
about non-place. The concept of non-place
totally depends on personal perspective of the
individual (Seamon & Sowers, 2008: 43-51;
Tomlinson, 2004: 147-204; Merriman, 2004:
145-167). A driver passing by a highway or
a shopper spending few hours in a shopping-
mall, a vacationer in the holiday village, a
customer in the supermarket might not feel
himself attached to the space and perceive it
as a non-place; but what if the individual is a
lorry-driver spending most of his life on the
roads or a sales clerk in a shop, an animator
in the holiday village, a cashier in the super-
market? Can any of those stay detached from
the space in this condition? The non-place of
the passer-by becomes the place for the per-
manent worker in it. Indeed the individual
does not need to be a worker in order to feel
attached. It is about personality and feeling as
an insider or outsider. Under some conditions
the individual might not feel attached even to
his home or country, the most accepted forms
of place. For example, if he is a victim of fa-
mily violence in his house or he is forced to
live stateless because of a life-danger in his
country he might see them as non-places. In
case of such a danger, an embraced place sud-
denly becomes a non-place.
The human-being has a tendency to create
“place” and give a meaning to it. As Pallasmaa
(2008: 144-156) quotes from Weil,
“To be ro-
oted is perhaps the most important need of
the human soul”, there are many examples of
personal initiative in turning a non-place to
place. Foucault believes that the outsiders and
drop-outs are the potential opponents in the
normalization society. The “self-technology”
that the object creates against the domination
and control mechanism has the aim of libera-
tion and gaining autonomy. The protagonist
Viktor Navorski in the movie “
The Terminal”
(2004) is an extreme example of converting
a non-place into a place. But it is not an ext-
raordinary situation to see people making up
their own places by using their belongings,
setting their territory in the case of long de-
lays at airports. Also if the object is a constant
traveler, the usual bus-stop or terminal might
not feel as a non-place.
Photo 3. “The Terminal” Movie, 2004.
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