Пространство и уредба
Space and Assemblage

Summary/Abstract: Building upon Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari’s philosophy, assemblage thinking has been gaining currency in recent critical debates in human geography and cultural studies alike. As such, it has proved to be an influential tool for conceiving space and place. This paper provides an overview of contemporary assemblage theory and its applications within the framework of urban studies. As the concept of assemblage is fundamentally a spatial one, it can be employed in various ways in order to conceptualize the spatiality of the city. First, I try to elucidate the concept as developed by Deleuze and Guattari and elaborated further by the American philosopher Manuel DeLanda. Then I examine some of the ways in which home and urban places might have the characteristics of assemblages. Finally, I reflect on DeLanda’s idea of multilevel ontology and nested assemblages. By bringing together various aspects of assemblage thinking, I place an emphasis on the processual nature of cities and the way space is co-constituted along with the urban assemblage.

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