The production of educational space : Heterotopia and the business university
Journal
Management Learning
ISSN
1350-5076
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2011-11
Author(s)
Abstract
This article responds to recent calls for rethinking management education and fostering a spatial understanding of educational practices. We propose to introduce Foucault's notion of heterotopic space and the spatial thought of Lefebvre into the debate about the current and future state of business schools. In particular, we conceptually and empirically discuss the potential for understanding space in a way that addresses its productive force, its multiplicity and its inherent contradictions. Using the example of an experimental teaching project dedicated to the conception and physical design of a city of the future, we reflect upon the possibility of the emergence of ‘other', heterotopic spaces within an institution of management learning. Our findings suggest that spatial interventions facilitate critically affirmative engagement with the business school by offering an imaginative approach to management education.
Language
English
Keywords
business school
critical management education
enactment
heterotopia
Lefebvre
space
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SHSS - Kulturen, Institutionen, Maerkte (KIM)
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Sage Publishers
Publisher place
London UK
Volume
42
Number
5
Start page
521
End page
536
Pages
16
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
207269