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An Heterotopian Hospital: Architecture, Existence, Malady
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The paper reviews Michel Foucault’s concept of heterotopology and its application to hospital space. Hospital space is not ‘neutral’ as it is the site of a multitude of interpretations and metaphors. These relate in particular to the patients’ physical condition and their recuperation prospects. Hospital space (buildings and architecture) also exerts a strong impact on patients’ emotions and mode of thinking. For thinking has a spatial nature.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17951/kw.2020.30.133-150
Date of publication: 2021-03-25 00:00:00
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