The configuration of modern space, articulated through the spatial rationality developed by Henri Lefebvre, emerges as a conceptual device that not only endures but adapts to the contemporary transformations of globalization and postmodern urbanism, maintaining its effectiveness in a context defined by networks and symbolic displacements. This rationality, grounded in Lefebvre’s spatial triad—conceived, perceived, and lived space—persists through reconfiguration, not by abandoning its abstract logic, but by embedding itself in new urban lifeways that demand flexibility while simultaneously reproducing capitalist modes of accumulation. Space thus functions as a vehicle of ideological continuity, capable of smoothing or striating itself depending on capital’s demands, concealing its contradictions under the guise of lived, sensory, and evanescent spaces. The notion of transduction arises as an analytical alternative, mediating between praxis and representation, offering a path to transcend the epistemic closure of rationalized space through the co-creation of different places imbued with affect and meaning. This spatial shift suggests a dialectical transcendence that does not reject previous logic but rather tensions it to inaugurate a new mode of critical appropriation of urban dwelling. A case in point is how contemporary urbanism continues to legitimize its interventions through maps and technocratic discourse, while everyday practices strive to re-signify space through experience, desire, and identity.
Bailey, G., 2017. La racionalidad espacial y su persistencia en la era global. URBS. Revista de Estudios Urbanos y Ciencias Sociales, 7(1), pp.89–108.
