Otherworldly Properties

Despite the many differing perspectives possible regarding the concept of a propertyright, one central aspect is, arguably, the primal exclusionary impulse and its specialconnection to a particular form of subjectivity, especially in terms of how people feelabout space, enclosed space and any subsequent property rules applicable. Suchaspects limit speculative thought concerning the enactment of challenging housingreforms. This essay therefore asks: Why is exclusion so relevant to spatial ethics, andis it only a particular form of subjectivity that is involved in the phenomena ofexclusionary impulses? As a response, new speculative thoughts are proposed thataim at challenging such specialised subjectivity, exclusionary impulses and spatialengagement: re-sanctification of enclosed space, de-objectification of being and a callto develop new or alternative subjectivities and modes of somatic thought.