Abstract

The Gordian Knot and Ariadne’s string. The shape of space in the Covid-19 crisis. – Two antithetical versions of space seem to lie under the political management of the Covid-19 pandemic: on the one hand, the neutral and objective conception with which the Chinese lockdown has been implemented; on the other hand, the notion of space based on tracing and de-tecting specific relationships, exemplified by Taiwan. In Italy, a quasi-Chinese notion of space seems to have prevailed, with the noticeable exception of Veneto Region, where the system of swabs and track-and-trace on the territory was prevalent.

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Parole chiave

• Reified space
• Relational space
• Track-and-trace