Social topologies (1/3): tattoo interface

As objects of anthropological inquiry, a body, a house, and a territory each pose a similar set of questions in relation to notions of interiority/exteriority; identity/alterity; limit or boundary; and containment. The body, the house, and the territory “locate” these questions on different scales. I will address them through three case studies that overall take up Henri Lefebvre’s challenge to examine how spaces “interpenetrate one another.” My purpose is to explore the relevance of using topology as a method of analysis in these three cases