Meaning of third space | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A state or situation in which cultural distinctions do not apply, allowing one to transcend cultural assumptions.
   countable, uncountable
2. Alternative letter-case form of third space.
   alt-of, countable, uncountable
3. A place that is neither home nor work.
   countable, uncountable
4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see third, space.
   countable, uncountable

Examples

“Third space cannot be produced by the simple transmutation of an excess corporate profit into a charitable "gift": tainted money remains suspect unless it is transformed by a self-consious philanthropic effort.”

“While some have begun to define the concept of third space, the ever-changing nature of third space theory is a constant roadblock for scholars in this area.”

“It is the lived condition of crossing borders and existing in the realm of both/and together that allows for the conscious movement into the creative terrain of third space.”

“However, this presupposes that hybrid third spaces are not conceptualized purely as spaces of mixing two or more influences on a level playing field; there are differences in conceptual power in intercultural contacts.”

“For youth of Korea – where most still live at home before getting married – these third spaces operate as spaces to connect with other like-minded people.”

“WeightWatchers meetings were a third space, those increasingly rare places that are not work and are not home.”

“There is much in existing language teaching which will support this aim, but it needs to be reconceptualised within a firmly intercultural framework, which can develop a pedagogy of the Third Space.”

“It is in this latter section that we will explore the close relationship between hybridity and the concept of the Third Space, which emerges as a major conceptual tool in understanding how hybridity works.”

“This space within the Trinity corresponds to another space—the Third Space conjectured by postcolonial theory. The Third Space is a location in which community and identity are negotiated and where postcolonial subjects can enter into discourse not bound to the typical boundaries of colonizing discourse.”

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