Based on an ethnographic account of a transitory space of an aircraft under lockdown, this article reflects on quarantine as the product of expert technocratic knowledge, which blurs fine-grained social moments and relationships to create a homogenous functional space. It argues that space under lockdown is a form of a functional alienated space produced and conditioned by non-transparent management mechanisms that are legitimized by seemingly routinized protocols and abstract representations. While this argument is not optimistic as regards capacity building for political or social change, it identifies current spatial configurations as a unique opportunity for experiencing how representations of space prevail over (struggles in) everyday life.

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隔离：专家知识的疏远空间

基于对处于锁定状态的飞机的过渡空间的人种学研究，本文将隔离视为专业技术专家知识的产物，该技术模糊了细粒度的社交时刻和关系，以创建同质的功能空间。它认为处于锁定状态的空间是一种功能异化空间的一种形式，该空间是由不透明的管理机制产生和调节的，这些机制由看似常规的协议和抽象表示合法化。尽管这种论点在政治或社会变革的能力建设方面并不乐观，但它认为当前的空间格局是体验空间表征如何在日常生活中（占统治地位）的独特机会。