Towards a Theory of the Racialization of Space. (October 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tuttle, Steven
• Other Names: Moore Wendy Leo guest-editor.; Embrick David G. guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: American behavioral scientist. Volume 66:Number 11(2022)
• Page Start: 1526
• Page End: 1538
• Publication Date: 2022-10
• Subjects: racialization of space -- urban sociology -- race and ethnicity -- residential segregation; Social sciences -- Periodicals; Political science -- Periodicals; United States -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; United States -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; 300
• DOI: 10.1177/00027642211066051
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0002-7642

Abstract

Urbanists and race scholars have been attentive to issues relating to race and space for over 100 years. Though some scholars allude to how race is spatialized or space is racialized, that is, to say race is constructed in space and space is inscribed with race, a transportable and multifaceted theory of the racialization of space has yet to emerge. This paper advances a theory integrating racialization theory and Lefebvre's trialectic theory of the social production of space. I consider how physical, mental, and social facets of space constitute intersecting "racial projects" in the context of societies in which race plays a determinative role. I illustrate this perspective pointing to findings from studies approaching issues of race and space from a variety of vantage points and conclude with suggestions for the further application of this theory.