The Reproduction of Resistance in the Context of Body, Space and Temporality in the Anthropocene: Negentropy

In the Anthropocene, spaces are used as tools by the capitalism and power holders to preserve their existence and ensure their continuity. However, from a dialectical perspective, spaces are not only under oppression, control and domination; they also embody the possibilities and potential for resistance and the struggle for change, and provide a ground for social movements. The state of resistance allows individuals and communities to concretize their demands for rights by combining the search for justice against hegemony with spatial dimensions. Bodies, which interact with spaces, play a critical role as they mediate the emergence of these possibilities and potentials; the state of action and resistance is realized by bodies in the projection of space.

The state of resistance is not only an action against authority, it is also a spatial and temporal expression of the search for justice. In this context, resistance is determined as a strategy that ensures the temporal continuity of justice. The research examines the dialectic of body-space from a temporal perspective and focuses on how the state of resistance can be sustained and reproduced over time, beyond a specific moment. Based on this aim, the research is designed to answer the following question: Can the state of resistance in the dialectic of body-space in the Anthropocene be reproduced independently of time and space?

Based on the research question, an experimental cube was designed as a representative space to observe the spatial and mental effects of the resistance of bodies by taking action together against an obstacle. This experiment, named Negentropy, allows the participants to embody the collective state of resistance through physical and mental unity. Participants practiced resistance strategies by acting together against an obstacle. The findings reveal that individuals reproduce resistance in the dialectic of body-space in a temporal process and reinterpret space.