Nomadology

From Geography

Nomadology is, according to Deleuze and Guattari the opposite of a state-centric, settled point of view which they connect to history. They see nomadology as an alternative way of interpreting human civilization. It is a dynamic proces where the actor is constantly changing because of the dynamics that are implied in nomadic actions. Nomadology does not refer to one place, Deleuze and Guattari speak of smooth space. Through the act of deterritorialization the human being is free, moving around and constantly becoming something else. The body is not settled and not restricted by territorializations of power.

References

Deleuze, G. & Guattari, F. (1986). Nomadology, The war machine.

Gregory, D., Johnston, R., Pratt, G., Watts, M., & Whatmore, S (2009). The Dictionary of Human Geography. Oxford: Blackwell.

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