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heterotopia  

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  • The term heterotopia was first used in a social– theoretical context by the French philosopher Michel Foucault. It refers in one sense to a place that is socially different from the (implicitly normal) spaces surrounding it. [Source: Encyclopedia of Urban Studies; Heterotopia]

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