The Newcastle Takeover and the Territoriality Concept

Territoriality, an instinctive psychological behavior of mankind. Man has the impulse to always defend his territory at the slightest hint of intrusion from an external force. Be it Robert Sack, John Ruggie or Julia Wood’s social models;…

Photographer Gabriel Fraga

29 Apr 20204 min

By Tosin Holmes

Territoriality, an instinctive psychological behavior of mankind. Man has the impulse to always defend his territory at the slightest hint of intrusion from an external force.

Be it Robert Sack, John Ruggie or Julia Wood’s social models; all point to humans's interaction with space and how they control it or give it up.

It’s a theory that reminds me of my secondary (high) school days and to a degree tertiary education. Territoriality builds class via caste systems, hence the existence of a ‘ruling class’, ‘middle class’ and ‘lower class’ just as it exists in the wider society.

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